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Appraisal Training Courses for Managers
Performance Evaluation Training , Appraisal Skills for Managers
(And a 2 hour briefing for Employees if needed)
1-day Appraisal Skills Training Course
How to develop Appraisal Skills as a Manager
We think that Appraisals
offer great opportunities to:
- Give (and get) constructive feedback
- Align the organisation
- Reflect on what has gone well
... and what could be better
- Motivate team members
- Set objectives
- Plan future development
Our 1-Day Appraisal Training Course also aims for "No Surprises" at appraisal time.
Our Appraisal Training Course looks at Performance Management system
that surrounds the appraisal, as well as training managers in the skills
to conduct the actual appraisal review itself .
Appraisal Skills Training Course for Managers
We show you how to conduct appraisals even those tricky ones too! ...
You know the ones that you occasionally inherit from previous managers!
What topics do we cover in our Appraisal Training Course?
- How the performance appraisal cycle should work:
- The role and contribution of Line Managers
- Appraisals Skills for Managers
- The role & contribution of Employees
- Making it easy and empowering for both
- How SMART objective setting gives freedom, energy and engagement
- How Appraisals and development planning contribute to success
- Creating a performance culture where creativity and honesty are important
Plus in our Appraisal Training course we cover face to face skills
- Active listening and questioning
- Giving performance feedback
- Building powerful action plans
- Harmonising the needs of the business with employees
- Building employee ownership of the outcomes
- Handling tricky appraisals
- Having Difficult Appraisal Conversations
- e.g. major performance gaps
- objections to the plans
- emotional outbursts
- irritation and anger
- non-acceptance of the performance rating
- Other appraisal skill topics that the participants raise on the day
How do we deliver the Appraisals Training Course?
We usually deliver this a 1- day workshop on your site
Sometimes you choose a close Off-site venue
For experienced managers it' can be a 1/2 day Appraisals Training Course
Sometimes we mix new managers and experienced managers
Some of our clients have asked us to deliver a 2 hour briefings to employees to explain their responsibility too
In short we'll tailor the workshops to your need
How much does the Appraisal Training typically cost?
Tell us how many managers need to be trained . ( How many attendees?)
The more attendees the lower the cost per attendee.
We run the workshop with a maximum of 12 attendees
Our usual workshop is one day but we can also do 2 x 1/2 day versions too
Tell us if you want it on-site or do you want it somewhere nearby.
Once we have these pieces of information we will happily send you a quote
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What’s the business case for an appraisals training course?
- What’s the cost of a demotivated person in your organisation?
- Demotivation will increase the chance of the person leaving.
- What are your recruitment costs for a replacement for that person?
- CIPD estimates between £15k to £25k per person
- Improve your managers by training and you’ll stop this happening
- What about the time and money invested in the demotivated person?
- What about the disruption to the team?
- What about the time of the manager dealing with a demotivated person?
- The cost of the Rainmaker Appraisals Training course
will be below the cost of losing 1 demotivated employee
How about examples of someone who we’ve delivered Appraisals training courses for?
- A small team in a subsidiary of CACI Ltd in Twickenham were one clients for this program. They reported that the Appraisal Skills Training had helped them to prepare and deliver a number of sensitive appraisals on a team that had previously had a few changes of management in a short space of time.
- A Team of Nurses and Managers from Elderly Care attended a 1 day Appraisal Training Course in Gibraltar
They also asked us to run workshops on Bullying and Harassment - A small, rapidly expanding software company in Essex asked to run a workshop for their new managers
They later asked us to run 2 hour long Appraisal briefings for their employees
This ensured both parties new their responsiblities at Appraisals - Senior Directors , new to managing managers asked us to run a group coaching session for them in a Meat Wholesaler
- A venture capital funded Magazine company asked us to run a workshop in their London Office for 10 of their managers
They wanted to improve employee engagment and alignment to their business objectives.
Who would actually deliver the appraisal training to your managers?
Kevin Howes: Performance Management and Appraisals Trainer
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Kevin has more than 25 years delivering training in blue-chip companies and SMEs. He's delivered to the financial services, IT, telecommunications, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors.
His clients tell him they like his informal, practical, straight-talking approach and his knack of quickly pinpointing where performance can be improved.
Kevin has led Appraisals skills training workshops in companies like
AVK, Time-Out , TMP Worldwide, Commsoft, RWM Food Group and Zurich Financial Services.
Allan James: Appraisals Trainer
During the last 25 years, Allan has delivered training to leaders and managers in a range of businesses in Hewlett-Packard. This has included the telecom, electronics, consulting and IT sectors as well as functional organisations such as HR, Supply Chain and Marketing. Prior to this he worked in the FMCG, Retailing, Telecom and Construction/ Civil Engineering industries.
What Allan’s clients have valued about working with him is his ability to help them cut through complexity and find a practical way of moving forward.
What do clients say about Allan?
“The help that Allan was able to give us on our day long appraisals training program helped us to really understand the context and content of our appraisal system. His pragmatic and practical approach helped us to prepare and practice, specific sensitive appraisals that had very positive outcomes for the parties involved"Hilary Stevens General Manager at CACI Ltd
If the Appraisal Training Course looks like something that would suit you…
What should you do now? You have a number of options:
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- And like to keep busy... so if you want to be first in the queue
- This is the option to choose
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TESTIMONIALS
A current client recently said of Peter Miller-Smith
“He has that wonderful balance of knowing when to challenge and when to leave you be….
He helps me to think the unthinkable, challenge my assumptions and givens, and really focus on what is holding me and my company back.
His coaching has helped the business enormously in developing management skills, improving communication up and down in the organisation, but most of all reminding me to focus on what is really important."
