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Managing Your Performance Review in 90 minutes

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Effectively communicating outcomes

Performance reviews often produce a rollercoaster of emotions for employees, managers, and HR business partners alike—the fear of a bad review, not meeting or exceeding the agreed upon goals, or receiving feedback that’s impossible to implement are real concerns for most employees. This anxiety is compounded by the fact that after the formal performance review, you receive a lot of feedback on WHAT needs to be accomplished by the next review cycle but not necessarily HOW to accomplish the goals. The hard truth is this: the performance review process is not just a company-driven initiative to substantiate performance. It’s an individually driven process in which you have more ownership over the outcome than you think.

Since the review process varies from organization to organization, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all method that will guarantee a seamless experience. Expert Keita Williams walks you through an approach that gives you the tools to take personal ownership of your goals and succeed no matter the specifics of the review process at hand. Join in to learn how to create a clear plan to execute, track your progress against the plan, hold constructive feedback-rich conversations with your manager, and troubleshoot in real time to avoid the dreaded bad review.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of this live online course, you’ll understand:

  • Troubleshooting techniques to prepare for an upcoming review
  • How to provide results-driven self-evaluation
  • The importance of leading the SMART goal conversation

And you’ll be able to:

  • Create your own SMART goals and action plans to move them forward
  • Develop tracking structures for your goals
  • Communicate goals and progress to managers

This live event is for you because...

  • You want to turn recent performance review feedback into actionable goals.
  • You’re an individual contributor who wants to set clear goals on how to stretch in your current role.
  • You’re an individual contributor who’s received a poor performance review and you earnestly want to get back on track.
  • You're a newly promoted manager looking to help facilitate goal setting and structured accountability for your team.
  • You’ve been in management for some time and want to empower your team to set and achieve meaningful goals.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites:

  • A baseline understanding of your current company’s review process

Recommended preparation:

Recommended follow-up:

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Hacking the performance: Review preparation and the power to clarify your goals (50 minutes)

  • Group discussion: Pop-up performance review
  • Presentation: Preparation (for your upcoming review); power (to clarify your goals)
  • Hands-on exercise: Perform a self-evaluation
  • Q&A

Break (5 minutes)

Hacking the performance: Purposeful planning and passionate perseverance (30 minutes)

  • Group discussion: Tracking performance
  • Presentation: Purposeful planning (to track your progress); passionate perseverance (to hold yourself and your manager accountable)

Wrap-up and Q&A (5 minutes)

Your Instructor

Keita Williams

Keita Williams is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Success Bully, a premier training and professional development firm that equips you to confront both internal and external bullies with confidence.

As a masterful facilitator, coach and hypnotherapist, Keita has led transformative workshops for over 45 organizations, including Facebook, Microsoft, and Salesforce, reaching over 200,000 employees in 25 countries. Her workshops are synonymous with transformation, delivering not just insights but actionable strategies that drive organizational and individual excellence.

Her expertise and no-nonsense approach have earned her recognition in Forbes, CNBC, and Good Morning America. A proud Northwestern University alumna, Keita is dedicated to empowering professionals with powerful communication tools. Learn more at successbully.com or @successbully.

Skill covered

Performance Reviews