This means not checking performance day-by-day, month-by-month, quarter-by-quarter, but rather with a long-term focus.

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It also involves many man-hours as each side monitors the other's performance, checking on whether the complex performance schedules have been met.

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Ideally, you are checking on your performance more frequently than this, but at a MINIMUM, do a mid-year check-in so you have time to course correct before year-end.

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Mr Bell said inspectors would "really get to the issues" and would be checking a school's own evaluation of its performance.

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Just as they are used to checking their progress on leader boards when playing video games, so Net Geners want to keep close tabs on their performance at work, too.

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