almost 1000% guarantee that your conversation will go well. What you plan to do about the things you'd like to be better at can include reading a book on the subject, attending a webinar, going to a course, enrolling in an online forum, joining a coffee club, STARTING a coffee club, getting a career consultant, following a blog on the topic. There are a million things you can do to shore up areas of weakness that are unbelievably affordable and don't require an outstretched hand. Now that you have these two lists, make an appointment with your boss. Tell him you'd like to discuss your performance. (Don't wait, and stew, and wait, and stew, and wait, and stew. Put a note in your calendar for when your review is due and start the ball in motion well in advance.) Don't go for lunch. Go to the boardroom. This is a business discussion not a meal. Be the professional you want to remind your boss you are. You called the meeting, so be in charge, and get to the point. Take out your notes and review them. You really want to wow him? Then take him through a portfolio of your creative contribution since you joined. It should be at the level of finish that you would show a CD you're trying to wow. Like say, the one you're currently sitting in front of?) Start with the creative. After all, that's everyone's favorite part right? Talk about the accounts you work