A written year-end summary and a 述职 presentation are different jobs. The document can hold every result; the presentation has ten or fifteen minutes in front of a leader or a panel who are hearing several people in a row. Slides that copy the document, run over time or bury the main result on slide nine are the common failures. This skill turns the content into a deck outline and a speaking script that fit the slot and lead with what the audience must remember.
Write in Simplified Chinese unless asked otherwise. The skill builds the outline and the script, not the visual design; the person's company template takes priority over the structure below.
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided, otherwise infer and label the assumption:
- The content: the written year-end summary or 述职 report, or notes with results and numbers (if there is none yet, run
cn-year-end-reviewfirst) - The slot: minutes to speak and minutes for questions (for example 10 + 5)
- The audience: direct manager, skip-level manager, a performance-review panel, or the whole team
- The purpose: annual rating, a probation-to-permanent review, a mid-year review, or a team lead's presentation covering the team
- The company template or required sections, if any
- Rating context, if known: the scale and what is at stake
Output Structure
1. Time budget
| Section | Slides | Duration | Key points | Speaking pace about 200 to 250 Chinese characters a minute; one content slide per 60 to 90 seconds. If the content does not fit, cut slides, never speed up.
2. Slide-by-slide outline (逐页大纲)
For each slide:
- Headline is the conclusion (标题即结论): the headline states the finding ("Membership programme launched, reaching 20,000 paying users"), not the topic ("Membership project")
- Main content: three bullets at most, each with a number or an artefact
- Chart suggestion (图表建议): the chart type and what it compares (target against actual, before and after, trend)
- Speaking script (讲稿): what to say, with the time in seconds
A typical ten-minute deck:
- Cover (name, role, period) and a one-line summary of the year
- Overview of annual goal completion: every goal, target, actual, completion rate, in one table
- to 5. Key results (重点成果) one to three: STAR, with the business impact
- Capability growth (能力成长) or team building (团队建设) (for a team lead)
- Shortcomings and improvements (不足与改进): one real lesson and what changes
- Next year's plan (明年规划): goals and how they are measured (for detail,
cn-next-year-plan) - Support needed (需要的支持) Appendix slides (备用页) hold data the panel may ask for; they are not presented.
3. One-slide version (一页版)
For a three-minute slot or a pre-read: the year in one slide, with results, one lesson and next year's focus.
4. Rehearsal checklist and Q&A preparation (彩排清单与问答准备)
- Timed rehearsal twice, aloud
- The first 30 seconds memorised
- Likely questions with short answers, each pointing to an appendix slide
- Missed goals explained before anyone asks
Quality Checks
- The deck fits the slot at the stated pace, with the time per slide shown
- Every content slide headline is a conclusion, not a topic
- Every goal from the start of the year appears on the overview slide, met or not
- Every number traces back to the person's content; nothing is invented or rounded up
- "I" and "the team" are kept distinct
- The most important result appears in the first three minutes
Anti-Patterns
- Pasting the document onto slides. Dense text slides make the panel read instead of listen.
- A chronological diary. Order by importance, not by month.
- Saving the best for last. Panels decide early; lead with the main result.
- Running over time. It reads as poor judgement; cut slides instead.
- Hiding missed goals. The reviewer already has the list.
- Jargon instead of results. "Connect the chain and close the loop" says nothing; see
cn-jargon-translator.
Example Trigger Phrases
- "My year-end performance review is next week: 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions. Help me turn my year-end summary into a slide outline and speaking script."
- "What should I put on each slide for my probation-to-permanent review?"
- "I lead a six-person team. How should I present our team's performance?"
- "I have only three minutes for my performance review. Help me condense it into one page."
- "Turn my year-end review into a performance-review deck outline with a speaking script."