A half-day workshop
This workshop deals with the practical aspects of managing performance at work for people managers. It does not cover the systems and processes and administrative aspects of the role – you need the full-day version for that.
Pre-work: Refresh your knowledge of your organisation’s current strategic plan. Bring a copy of your current performance management and development plan with you to the workshop to work on (instructions are given in advance).
Learning Objectives
- Understand what performance management is and the benefits for everyone in the organisation
- Understand how individual performance and development fits in to the ‘bigger picture’ and be able to explain the golden thread
- Be able to carry out key performance management and development activities that occur in the PM cycle
- Learn a structure and process for holding a performance management conversation
- Formulate an action plan to take back to work
Workshop information
Workshop outline
1. Welcome, aims and introductions
- Learning objectives
2. What is performance management?
- Principles and practice
- The performance management cycle
- What’s in it for me, my team, organisation and customers?
3. Making the links and the golden thread
- Linking objectives and priorities to your organisation’s strategic plan
4. Understand the critical activities you are responsible for
(if you prefer to focus on one aspect in more detail then let us know and this session can be tailored to the most relevant topic for your managers)
- Objective setting and development planning
- Holding a mid-year review
- Effective end-of-year review and assessing fairly
- Having a great development plan and encouraging learning that boosts skills, knowledge and behaviours for the job
5. Tools and guidance
- A 1-2-1 structure for a performance conversation
- Checklist for a meeting about performance
- Tips for when a conversation becomes challenging
6. Action planning
- Personal action planning
