Writing and delivering performance reviews can be one of the most challenging tasks for any manager. It’s difficult to give a review that successfully navigates the emotional and interpersonal dynamics while also balancing the complex, competing goals that are present in most performance reviews. In my work as an executive coach, one of the most frequent requests I get from clients is to provide feedback on performance reviews they’ve drafted before they deliver them. Most of the time, my feedback centers around asking them the following five questions.