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# How to Run a Review Cycle Across a Whole Company
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/run-a-review-cycle/
- Published: 2026-09-17T22:40:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T22:40:44.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

To **run a review cycle**, the coordination is the hard part. The conversations themselves are between two people; getting all of them to happen on time is an operational problem.

## Where review cycles fail

Not in the conversations — in everything around them.

- Nobody sure which reviews have happened
- Forms circulated by email and returned inconsistently
- Deadlines passing with no visibility
- Records scattered across managers' folders

## What the cycle needs

| Element                   | Purpose                                  |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| **One record per review** | Connected to employee and manager        |
| **A structured form**     | Same questions for everyone              |
| **A pipeline**            | Scheduled, held, documented, closed      |
| **Restricted access**     | Visible only to the parties and HR       |
| **Completion visibility** | HR sees progress without reading content |

## How to set it up in Jestor

1. Generate one record per review in **Jestor**, connected to employee and manager.
2. Build the review form with the same questions for everyone.
3. Track progress on a **Kanban** through scheduled, held, and documented.
4. Apply permissions so content is visible only to the parties and HR.
5. Build an indicator showing completion rate across the cycle.

## Why choose Jestor for review coordination?

**Jestor** applies permissions by role, field, and action, which means HR can see whether a review happened without being able to read what was said.

Because progress is a board rather than a spreadsheet someone maintains, the completion picture is current at any moment during the cycle.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can HR see progress without content?

Yes, through field-level permissions. See [jestor.com](https://jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

### Is the form the same for everyone?

Yes, which makes the cycle comparable.

### How is completion tracked?

As an indicator across the cycle.

## Video Tutorial: Step by Step

Check out other practical tutorials on the Jestor YouTube channel.

## Get to know Jestor

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