Mid-year check-in · $9 · 4 minutes
A mid-year
check-in review.
Mid-year reviews are not the final word — they're a course-correction. Tone should be lighter, more forward-looking than backward-looking.
Example output
Mid-Year Check-In — Maria Santiago — 2026
Where we are at the halfway mark:
Tracking well:
- Hendricks migration: on track for Q3 shipping.
- Mentor relationships with two new hires: visibly working.
- Code review turnaround: dropped from team median to under 6 hours, which is now the fastest on the team.
Watching:
- The cross-functional pricing project is showing signs of scope creep. Worth a focused conversation in next week's 1:1.
Forward look (second half):
- I'd like to formalize Maria as informal tech lead for the migration team in Q3. Let's discuss in our next 1:1.
No formal rating today. We'll do that in Q4. The signal so far is strong.
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Common questions
- What style is the output?
- Bulleted, scannable, signable. Not flowery.