Performance Management and Staff Development Training

(Each session is 4 hours)

SESSION 15
Interviewing and Attracting High Performers
The challenges of recruitment in current market
Different types of interviews
The 5-point interview plan to fill ANY position faster
Preparing and planning for the interview
Using Behavioural Interviewing questions
Strategies to establishing rapport
Describing your culture to ensure a fit for your organisation
Selling your organisation to the candidate
Nonverbal messages: finding out what they aren’t telling you
Understanding laws relating recruitment & selection
Evaluating and selecting the final candidate

SESSION 16
Managing Ongoing Performance
Where does responsibility for performance lie?
What are we managing?
Signs that a performance problem is developing
What to do if you think you may have a performance problem
When should you correct declining performance?
Giving feedback - your strengths and weaknesses
Overcoming resistance to feedback
Guidelines for giving behavioural feedback
Creating a feedback culture
Causes of poor performance
Setting the performance objectives
Following up reinforcing the behaviour and skills

SESSION 17
Running Effective Performance Appraisals
Why conduct performance appraisals?
Selling the vision and dealing with expectations
What goes wrong - common appraisal errors?
Planning effective feedback
Identifying positive performance - put the ‘praise’ back in ‘appraise’
Differentiating the causes of non-performance from the symptoms
Preparing for the meeting - the interview framework
Keeping the appraisal focussed and on track
Setting goal areas and agreeing upon the required performance
Writing key performance indicators
Building action plans and milestones
Evaluating the results achieved
Providing the necessary follow-up action to support performance appraisal meetings

SESSION 18
Motivating Yourself and Your Team
The benefits of motivated staff
External vs. internal motivators
What people want
10 ways to reward
Maslow and the implications of motivational theory
The misconceptions regarding money!
The importance of being valued
Dealing with de-motivated employees
Personal motivation - where are you going?
Where are you now?
Your limiting beliefs
Setting clear, well defined goals
Plan of action

SESSION 19
Coaching as a Business and Management Tool
Coaching as a tool for accelerated development
Coaching - its core elements
Coaching skills and competencies
Building technical skills and psychological readiness
The Behavioural Coaching Cycle
Informal coaching - when and where to coach
10 Step Formal / Contractual coaching
Identifying who would benefit from coaching
Addressing distorted thinking and self limiting beliefs
Dealing with emotions and resistance
The coaching toolkit


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