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Performance Appraisal – Getting it right. (Click on title to download pdf info) If you don’t measure people’s performance, how can you tell how effective they are? And if you don't discuss problems and address skills gaps, how will your people improve? With backing from respected business psychologists, Professors Ivan Robertson and Cary Cooper, Skill Boosters’Performance Appraisal training solutions give fresh insights to help transform your performance reviews into positive, productive experiences for employees at every level.
A well conducted appraisal is more profitable than ‘playing it by ear’
Only managers and individuals know how performance reviews are really conducted, so even if you have a system in place, it pays to refresh everyone’s understanding of this crucial process.
Prepare your appraisers to:
· assess performance · and competencies · set useful, achievable targets · give effective balanced feedback
Prepare your appraisees to:
· plan for and handle · appraisals productively · make appraisals a productive · two way process · discuss and learn from positive · and negative feedback
Successfully coping with stress (Click on title to download pdf info)
Stress is a necessary component of peak performance since we all need some pressure at work if we are to realise our potential. But, equally,we all know how destructive too much unnecessary stress can be over a long period of time. Unfortunately, lean organisations and a long working hours culture has led to stress becoming one of the major causes of absence from work today. Employing expert contributions from, Professors Ivan Robertson and Cary Cooper, this learning resource can help your organisation manage the problem.
Protect the psychological and physical health of your people
Under Pressure will teach your staff to successfully cope with stress. It will give them fresh insight on how to handle pressure, show them how to identify the early signs of stress, and arm them with a range of preventative measures.
Your managers and staff will learn to:
· recognise the ‘stress zone’ · work smarter, cope better and avoid panic · help colleagues cope and deal with bullying · build a better work/life balance
How to manage people effectively (Click on title to download pdf info)
So often we expect our supervisors, managers and newly appointed directors to assume leadership as if it came naturally; but leadership has to be learned. And without effective leadership at all levels organisations cannot hope to compete or succeed. These training solutions will give your people expert guidance on the skills required to improve and, crucially, to maintain other people’s performance.
Ideal for new and existing employees with management potential
Encourage your key staff to undertake this training, and you will see them become more confident in taking up new responsibilities and managing their teams effectively. They will better handle the problems that are an inevitable part of people management. And this in turn will enable you as an employer to develop employee potential and benefit from increased morale, higher productivity and improved performance levels.
Your managers and staff will learn to: · build and lead successful teams · motivate, coach and develop others · develop assertive techniques · feed back constructively |
