GROW – starts from 1st of September
As previously communicated from 1 September the annual Performance & Development (P&D) interview will have a new format and also a new name. The P&D interview will be changing to GROW (Gesprekken over Resultaat, Ontwikkeling en Welzijn): Conversations on Performance, Development and Well-being.
What will be expected of me now?
You and your manager will be jointly responsible for scheduling and preparing the GROW interviews. And with GROW, we’re also introducing 360-degree feedback, which means that before your GROW interview – in consultation with your manager – you can ask your colleagues for feedback on how they feel about working with you. You will also still be responsible for your part of the report and for achieving your agreed goals. To prepare for the GROW interviews, you can use the GROW toolkit. This includes the GROW development menu with a wide range of training courses, GROW microlearnings and tools from the updated Let’s Connect! toolkit to help with participating in discussions.
GROW-tile
You will use the new GROW tile for preparing a GROW interview and completing the report. And when agreements are changed (arising from interim interviews), you will be able to record the changes in a supplementary report. Writing reports is now simpler and faster, with a shorter, clearer online form. Your manager provides a descriptive assessment of your performance, instead of an assessment of different competences using scores. It is also no longer necessary for a second assessor (i.e. your manager’s manager) to digitally co-sign the report.
Like to know more?
You can find more information, the GROW toolkit and a Q&A with all the questions and answers about GROW on the staff website.
If you have any questions about GROW itself, please contact your manager. If you have questions about the system, please contact the PSSC Service Point. Managers are welcome to ask their HR adviser if they have substantive questions about GROW.
Growth in Conversation workshop
With the Growth in Conversation workshop, you will develop your conversation skills according to the principles of GROW. For this year, the workshops are already full, but there are still plenty of placeText block s available in 2025.