Navigating Performance Management

Navigating Performance Management: What Managers Need to Know When Preparing for and Conducting Effective Performance Evaluations

Performance management is a strategic, continuous process that helps organizations align individual performance with broader business goals. Performance management training is not a “nice to have” – it’s a strategic necessity. It empowers managers to lead effectively and provides organizations with the foundation to thrive through improved performance, reduced risk, and better employee experiences.

Areas Covered

• Why Performance Management is Critical to the Organization and Employees
• Preparing for a performance evaluation
• Tracking achievements and areas for improvement
• Role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in Performance Management
• Biases that can distort fair judgment
• Incident recording throughout the performance period
• Integration of Performance Management with Training & Development, Succession Planning, Compensation & Rewards, Employee Engagement, and Workforce Planning
• Strategies to effectively handle performance
• Analyzing performance and behavior
• Strategies to foster performance improvement
• Delivering effective feedback
• Types of feedback by Approach, Framework, Less Effective/Risky
• Key performance indicators (KPI): Characteristics and types
• Feedforward & 360-Degree feedback v. Traditional feedback
• Handling employee rebuttals
• Importance of documentation

Why Should You Attend

Performance management training empowers managers to lead effectively, while giving organizations the structure to build a high-performing, engaged, and legally compliant workforce. It’s a strategic investment that strengthens both individual leadership and organizational health.

Participants in this webinar will come away feeling more confident, connected, and prepared to conduct meaningful performance evaluations. Whether you're looking to sharpen your performance evaluation skills or simply gain perspective, attending this webinar is a smart step toward conducting effective, fair, and emotionally intelligent performance evaluations.

Who Should Attend

• Executives and Senior Leaders
• New & Experienced Managers & Supervisors
• Team Leads and Project Managers
• HR Professionals
• Learning & Development Professionals
• IT or Systems Administrators (for Performance Management Tools)
• Compliance Officers