Forget Employee Feedback, 'Feedforward' Is the Latest Workplace Trend — If You're Not Doing It, You Might Be Irrelevant AlreadyStop dreading your yearly performance reviews and start becoming irreplaceable.

The traditionalperformance review, where managers drill down on areas of improvement for employees, is getting a makeover.

That "feedback" model is being swapped for a "feedforward" approach: Although the former focuses on the past and the present, the latter hones in on the future without looking back,Fox Businessreported.

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"Feedfoward" serves as the "constructive, forward-facing" counterpart to "feedback," giving employees a chance to truly grow, Karen Leal, a performance specialist with Insperity in Houston, Texas, told the outlet.

What's more, in aLinkedIn postexploring the benefits of "feedforward," Rebekah Martin, SVP of reward, inclusion and talent acquisition at AstraZeneca, emphasizes how the practice eliminates the "yearly dread" of critical performance reviews and starts a productive conversation. "Feedforward coaching opens up a constant dialogue full of学习opportunities," she says.

Of course, "feedfoward" isn't a brand new concept, Leal told Fox — and some managers might already incorporate it into their leadership.

That's a good thing, considering the ideal performance exchange helps employees understand their strengths and offers the "encouragement and guidance" necessary to build on them, perHarvard Business Review。

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Additionally, "feedforward" just might be the foundation for the soft skills some executives consider the most relevant. It's not "creative dealmaking" or extremeconfidence— it's having that willingness to learn and get better, also known as a growth mindset, Goldman Sachs executive Shekhinah Bass toldCNBC。