Performance Management

Are employees meeting their job requirements? Are there areas for improvement? What needs to be shifted to reach optimal performance? Performance management provides a structured plan for developing, managing, and improving employee performance. While regular reviews may feel like a chore, if done correctly, they can improve performance and productivity across your organization. HRDQ-U’s performance management webinars provide the tools you need to implement effective, consistent performance.

Why You Need to Develop Performance Management Skills

Developing performance management skills is essential for fostering a productive and motivated team and organization. Performance management skills help managers and leaders set clear expectations, provide constructive feedback, boost employee engagement, align team goals, and more. HRDQ-U’s performance management webinars and learning resources give you the tools you need to implement effective and consistent performance.

Performance Management Strategy

Your performance management strategy should be consistently applied to all employees, taken seriously, and accurately benchmarked. Follow these steps to help your managers employ performance management that sticks:

• Plan: You need to ensure employees understand what’s expected of them by setting clear goals. What use are performance management standards if employees don’t know what they are, why they matter, or how to reach them?
  
  In the planning phase, managers need to ensure jobs are clearly outlined, goals are set, and expectations are clear. Managers should also be soliciting employee feedback and creating a dialogue about roles and responsibilities. Coming to an understanding early on is essential for effective performance management.
  
  
• Check In: Ensure employees are in a regular dialogue with their managers about the expectations and goals outlined in the planning phase. Keeping the conversation open and transparent ensures that employees aren’t blindsided when more formal reviews come around.
  
  Regular check-ins involve providing ongoing feedback and suggestions for improvement. Make sure managers have the tools they need to understand when and how to keep these conversations going. That could mean enforcing regular check-in meetings between managers and their reports, soliciting monthly feedback up the reporting chain, or having regular HR check-ins with management.
  
  
• Evaluate: Evaluation is the formal review phase of performance management. Some organizations conduct annual performance reviews, while others may choose to do them more often. Managers lead these formal evaluations and assess employee performance against the benchmarks set in the planning phase. If reasonable goals are set and regular check-ins are transparent, the results of employee evaluations shouldn’t come as a surprise to any employees. Instead, it may serve as a more standardized tool for comparing performance across the organization and identifying systemic areas for improvement.

With HRDQ-U performance management training webinars, you can equip your managers with the tools they need to foster effective conversations with their reports and ensure teams stay on track with expectations. Take a look at our membership plans to access our complete collection of on-demand performance management webinars.

FAQs

What are the benefits of performance management webinars?

Participating in performance management webinars has many benefits:

• Convenience: Webinars can be attended from anywhere, reducing the need for travel and accommodation.
• Cost Effective: Traditional leadership training can be expensive, but HRDQ-U’s webinars are more budget-friendly. We regularly offer free leadership skills webinars in our upcoming webinars, and we offer an HRDQ-U Membership at a reasonable price that gives you unlimited access to our full collection of leadership training webinars.
• Flexible Learning: Participants are allowed to choose what to learn from a wide variety of webinars that align with their specific development needs.
• Expert Insight: Leadership development webinars are presented by leadership experts, providing valuable insights and knowledge.
• Interactive Learning: HRDQ-U’s webinars often feature a Q&A session at the end, making the learning experience more engaging and applicable to you.
• Networking: Participants can connect with like-minded individuals and expand their professional network.
• Applicability: The skills practiced and mastered in webinars are immediately applicable to real-world situations.
• Continuous Learning: With new training events added each month, participants can engage in ongoing learning to stay updated with the latest leadership trends and strategies.

Who should enroll in performance management webinars?

Performance management webinars are not limited to those already holding leadership positions. In fact, they are beneficial for a diverse audience, including

• Aspiring Leaders: If you’re looking to advance in your career and take on a leadership role, performance management webinars can help you build a strong foundation of the necessary skills to lead and manage others.
• Current Leaders: Even experienced leaders can benefit from online webinars by staying up-to-date with the latest trends and strategies.
• Managers: Those responsible for managing employees will find performance management webinars particularly valuable for enhancing their management competencies.
• Organizations: Companies looking to upskill their workforce and develop a strong management pipeline can enroll their employees in HRDQ-U webinars.

Does HRDQ-U offer more learning opportunities than webinars?

We offer a wide collection of learning resources, including webinars, a podcast, and articles.

Our podcast, HRDQ-U In Review, takes your training and development skills to the next level by interviewing subject matter experts and thought leaders from recent webinars and asking them to take a deeper look at the content they shared.

The HRDQ-U Training Blog features articles written by presenters and our CEO. Each article explores the latest trends in the business world and gives readers more applicable strategies to meet the challenges of today.

What if I need more performance management training beyond webinars?

If you need more formal performance management training, HRDQ provides soft-skills training resources. We have a variety of performance management resources available at HRDQstore, and we host product demo webinars. Product demo webinars take a look at an HRDQstore product and provide a complete walk-through to help you get the most out of your training and learning.

Do HRDQ-U events offer certification?

HRDQ-U offers a complimentary HRDQ-U Certificate of Completion.

For more answers to other frequently asked questions, please take a look at our FAQ page