The Check-In Navigator is an efficient leadership instrument that enables leaders and employees to shape their conversations flexibly, around relevant topics, and effectively. The focus is on individual needs for regulation.

Traditional, static, and standardized leadership instruments are often an expression of costly leadership and frequently result in bureaucratic overinstitutionalization. This is precisely why the performance appraisal is increasingly being criticized in many companies.

The Check-In Navigator, by contrast, offers a flexible alternative to the traditional performance appraisal. A leader should not discuss the same topics with every employee. A newly hired, talented colleague in research and development is likely to have different needs for regulation from a long-serving colleague in production who is approaching retirement.

The high-quality card set helps leaders and employees structure the content of their conversations without forcing them into a static, overinstitutionalized format. The 30 topic cards cover 30 potentially relevant needs for regulation – including workload, performance, goals, collaboration, health, tasks, responsibility, and personal development. Each card contains possible questions that serve as prompts for an open conversation.

Before the conversation, both sides select the topics that are particularly relevant to them. This creates an inviting framework for discussion that provides orientation while leaving room for individual concerns.

The Check-In Navigator is also available as a user-friendly app and desktop version. The digital version offers simple ways to prepare for a conversation and document its content.

For larger quantities, we also offer the Check-In Navigator in your corporate design. You are welcome to give it a different name as well.