Performance Review & Objective Setting Course

Is Performance Review & Objective Setting course right for me?

This Performance Review & Objective Setting course is designed for managers who need to increase and maximise the benefits of their performance review process. It is aimed at organisations that use processes which include objective setting as a measurement of performance. The skills, techniques and application of interviewing are practised as part of the training.

What will I get out of Performance Review & Objective Setting course?

By the end of the Performance Review & Objective Setting course participants will be able to:

• Recognise the benefits of the performance review system
• Follow and understand the performance management cycle
• Prepare and conduct a performance review interview
• Recognise the major elements in a well written objective
• Set time tables and action plans for objectives

What does Performance Review & Objective Setting course cover?

What is performance review?

• The performance management model

Benefits of performance review

• Reviewing the purpose of a system
• The importance for managers and for employees

Objective setting

• Writing quantifiable, measurable objectives
• Monitoring objectives and how the individual and the business is performing

Competency frameworks

• Rationale behind the introduction of competencies
• Using competency frameworks as a measure of performance

Personal development planning

• Key elements of the development plan
• Recognising the correct development approaches for individuals

Rating employees

• How to rate employees objectively and fairly against objectives and/or competencies
• Identifying the key reasons for errors in ratings

Skills required by the appraiser

• Selecting the correct style of management for the interview

Preparing for the interview

Conducting the interview

• Dealing constructively with differences of opinion
• Dealing with different types of people
• Managing and controlling the interview

Case Study

• An interactive case study will be used to implement learning on objectives, competencies, ratings and personal development planning

Action planning

• Identifying individual action plans for implementation back in the workplace