Description
This “Take and Teach” course, from The Academy for Professional Development, equips your supervisors to transform the outdated annual performance review into a powerful, year-long continuous feedback and coaching process. This program provides your trainers with a complete set of materials to deliver standardized, high-impact training internally.
Course Objectives
Supervisors who complete this training will be able to:
- Implement a Year-Long Process: Understand that an effective performance review is an ongoing experience and learn how to accomplish this through a circular process of setting expectations, providing resources, two-way communication, and regular feedback.
- Set Clear Goals & Expectations: Learn to identify and communicate performance expectations and set relevant goals that drive the performance review process.
- Shift from Evaluator to Coach: Identify the difference between a judge/evaluator and an employee coach and commit to using coaching techniques to foster self-improvement and help employees succeed.
- Master Effective Feedback: Differentiate between the four types of feedback (Constructive and Appreciative are effective; No Feedback and Negative Feedback are not ideal). Learn to give specific, balanced, and direct feedback that focuses on future improvement.
- Conduct Productive Sessions: Implement elements that make the formal performance review session effective, such as utilizing self-evaluations and letting the employee reflect first.
Why This Course is Essential
The performance review is the most powerful leadership tool for improving productivity and increasing employee satisfaction. Limiting performance discussions to annual events creates anxiety, makes conversations awkward, and often results in a conversation that only reflects the past month, not the whole year.
This course shifts the focus forward:
- It teaches supervisors to make their formal review a re-emphasis of critical points already discussed.
- It encourages adopting a mindset where the process is as much a Career Planning Meeting as a Performance Review, connecting performance to the employee’s personal career goals
What’s Included:
This training curriculum provides comprehensive materials designed for engaging adult learning, including:
- Visually impactful PowerPoint presentations: Featuring modern design, relevant imagery, and clear layouts to enhance comprehension and retention.
- Detailed instructor notes: Embedded within the PowerPoint slides, offering guidance on key concepts, discussion points, and activities.
- Comprehensive instructor manual: Includes a detailed training agenda, facilitator guidelines, tips for classroom management, and assessment tools.
- Interactive student manual: Provides space for note-taking, reflection activities, and application exercises.
- Engaging class discussion questions and activities: Designed to encourage participation, critical thinking, and real-world application.
Benefits of “Take and Teach”
- Cost-effective: Reduces the cost of external training by providing reusable materials.
- Flexibility: Train supervisors at your own pace and schedule.
- Customization: Adapt the materials to fit your agency’s specific needs and context.
- Consistency: Ensure all supervisors receive standardized training on essential topics.
