Performance Management
(120.005)

 The objectives for this session are listed below. Class may be taken separately or as part of the Certificate of Supervision.
  • Learning Objectives

  • Why Focus on Performance?

  • Performance Management

  • Benefits to the Supervisor

  • Benefits to the Employees

  • Motivation

  • The Transition from Loss to Gain

  • The Definers of Gain

  • Recognition

  • Motivation Checklist

  • What do people want from their jobs?

  • Beyond the Paycheck

  • 11 Guaranteed Ways to Kill Motivation

  • The Critical Morale Influencers

  • A Leader’s Impact on Performance

  • Two Drastically Different Leadership Attitudes  

  • How Employees Assess Managerial Effectiveness

  • The Keys to Turning around Poor Performance

  • The Root Causes of Performance Problems

  • Twelve Questions to Assess the Root Causes of Poor Performance

  • Performance Management

  • Performance Management Components

  • Clarifying Performance Expectations

  • Tasks

  • Relationships

  • Performance Expectations

  • Case Study 1 – Ron Miller

  • Case Study 2 – Heather Pierce

  • Insights and Applications

 

  • Remember the Performance Management Cycle?

  • Developing Skill and Confidence as a Performance Coach

  • Coaching and Counseling:  Definition

  • Coaching Components

  • Competent Coaching

  • Coaching Reluctance

  • Clear Identification

  • Root Causes of Performance Problems

  • Effective Communication

  • Eight-Step Coaching Model

  • Measurement and Accountability

  • Feedback

  • Coaching Pitfalls to Avoid

  • Focus on Training

  • Training Effectiveness

  • The S.E.T. Training Model

  • Effective Performance Feedback:  the Basic

  • General Guidelines for Success

  • Providing Effective Performance Feedback

  • Behavior Checklist   

  • Behavior-Focused Feedback

  • Knowing How to Give Feedback

  • Knowing How to Receive Feedback

  • Performance Appraisal Realities

  • Getting the Most from Your Performance Evaluation Process

  • Effective Performance Documentation

  • Before Confronting the Employee About Performance

  • A Step-by-Step Guide for Addressing Behavioral Problems

  • Insights and Applications