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Writing & Delivering Effective Performance Reviews Training Course

Formats ⟩  Live Virtual: 4 hrs./day, 2 Days  |  In-Person: 6 hrs./day, 2 Days

In this course, we will teach you what components to include in an effective performance review and what skills to assess. You will learn how to word evaluations with winning and legally defensible language and how to learn from past reviews. You will learn how to successfully deliver the review, avoid common pitfalls, and identify best practices to evaluate and incorporate in a review.

Learning Objectives »

  • Review strategies for performance reviews.
  • Apply techniques for writing accurate, defensible, and
    motivational reviews.
  • Deliver reviews with polish, professionalism, and positivity.

Course Agenda

Performance Review Strategy

  1. Why Write Performance Reviews?
  2. Purpose of Performance Reviews
  3. Challenges with Performance Reviews
  4. Assessing Your Assessments
  5. The Review Process
  6. Ongoing, Year-long Dialogue
  7. Performance Review Cycle
  8. Your Needs and Needs of Employees
  9. Components of Effective Reviews
  10. Common Skills Assessed
  11. Scoring and Weighting Options
  12. Distribution of Ratings
  13. Options for Unacceptable Performance
  14. Legal Considerations
  15. Best Practices for Supervisors

Writing Effective Reviews

  1. Approach to Writing Effective Reviews
  2. Doing Your Research
  3. Monitor and Document Performance
  4. Avoiding Bias
  5. Performance Standards and Criteria
  6. Leveraging Past Reviews
  7. Contributions, Results, and Impact
  8. Justifying Ratings
  9. Making It Measurable
  10. Individual Development Plan
  11. Performance Goals
  12. Self-Review
  13. Ways to Organize

Delivering Reviews Effectively

  1. Demeanor and Professionalism
  2. Disarming Emotions
  3. Delivering Non-Threatening Feedback
  4. Verbal Feedback Model
  5. Stop/Start/Keep
  6. Maintaining Positive Tone
  7. Delivering Bad News
  8. Following Up
  9. Remote Reviews
  10. Potential Pitfalls
  11. Year-Round Success
Man working at home - resume writing - Effective Performance Reviews

Writing & Delivering Effective Performance Reviews Training Course

Formats ⟩  Live Virtual: 4 hrs./day, 2 Days  |  In-Person: 6 hrs./day, 2 Days

In this course, we will teach you what components to include in an effective performance review and what skills to assess. You will learn how to word evaluations with winning and legally defensible language and how to learn from past reviews. You will learn how to successfully deliver the review, avoid common pitfalls, and identify best practices to evaluate and incorporate in a review.

Learning Objectives »

  • Review strategies for performance reviews.
  • Apply techniques for writing accurate, defensible, and
    motivational reviews.
  • Deliver reviews with polish, professionalism, and positivity.

Course Agenda

Performance Review Strategy

  1. Why Write Performance Reviews?
  2. Purpose of Performance Reviews
  3. Challenges with Performance Reviews
  4. Assessing Your Assessments
  5. The Review Process
  6. Ongoing, Year-long Dialogue
  7. Performance Review Cycle
  8. Your Needs and Needs of Employees
  9. Components of Effective Reviews
  10. Common Skills Assessed
  11. Scoring and Weighting Options
  12. Distribution of Ratings
  13. Options for Unacceptable Performance
  14. Legal Considerations
  15. Best Practices for Supervisors

Writing Effective Reviews

  1. Approach to Writing Effective Reviews
  2. Doing Your Research
  3. Monitor and Document Performance
  4. Avoiding Bias
  5. Performance Standards and Criteria
  6. Leveraging Past Reviews
  7. Contributions, Results, and Impact
  8. Justifying Ratings
  9. Making It Measurable
  10. Individual Development Plan
  11. Performance Goals
  12. Self-Review
  13. Ways to Organize

Delivering Reviews Effectively

  1. Demeanor and Professionalism
  2. Disarming Emotions
  3. Delivering Non-Threatening Feedback
  4. Verbal Feedback Model
  5. Stop/Start/Keep
  6. Maintaining Positive Tone
  7. Delivering Bad News
  8. Following Up
  9. Remote Reviews
  10. Potential Pitfalls
  11. Year-Round Success
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