Class Details

Price: $1,050

Course Includes:

Class exercises in addition to training instruction
Courseware books, notepads, pens, highlighters and other materials
Full breakfast with variety of bagels, fruits, yogurt, doughnuts and juice
Tea, coffee, and soda available all day
Freshly baked cookies every afternoon - * only at participating locations

Day One

Introduction and Overview

History of Federal Performance Management
Agency specific approaches and alternatives
Linking organizational mission to performance

Planning and Measuring Employee Performance

Linking individual position to performance measures
Establishing individual measures of performance
Measuring results
Defining elements of performance
Documenting expectations
Communicating expectations

Day Two

Monitoring Performance

Analyzing individual performance
Informal feedback
Formal progress reviews
Skills in performance communication
Problem performance issues
Assessment and adjustment

Developing Employees

Determine development needs
Assesses performance resources
Employee development discussions
Development Plans

Day Three

Rating Performance

Rules and records required
Performance evaluation
Performance discussion
Documentation requirements

Results communication

Performance Consequences
Possible outcomes
Actions to be taken for affirmative and negative performance
Requirements for individual performance based actions
Performance management resources

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to do the following:

Describe the basis for performance decisions
Identify the current federal performamce management systems
Plan and determine how performance distinctions will be measured
Identify how to help employees progress toward established performance goals
Evaluate performance against established standards and communicate results