PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK MANAGER TRAINING
Conversations to Accelerate Performance and Potential
Essential Skills and Tools to Empower Managers to Provide Performance Feedback
Welcome to our Performance Feedback Manager Workshop—the solution to empower your managers in delivering timely feedback for employee growth, development, and overall performance amplification.
The Feedback Challenge:
It's easy to remind managers to "give feedback early and often." But, most managers struggle with following that advice.
These skills don't come naturally, but they can be learned.
This workshop teaches a simple, non-confrontational approach to addressing performance issues and sharing positive reinforcement.
Participation in this program will empower your managers to:
Craft Personalized Feedback: Equip managers with the tools and confidence to create individualized feedback for each team member, recognizing their unique strengths, contributions, and areas for growth or improvement.
Master Impactful Wording: Develop the skill to choose wording that makes a positive impact, ensuring it is both sayable and hearable, fostering acceptance and understanding by the recipient.
Highlight Value and Positive Impact: Support team members in recognizing the value of their work and the positive impact they bring to the team, creating a culture of appreciation and acknowledgment.
Address Performance Issues in Real Time: Enable managers to address issues at the moment, providing timely feedback that helps employees course-correct and improve performance on an ongoing basis.
Manage Long-Term & Complex Performance Issues: Equip managers to handle longer-term performance issues that have developed into patterns, facilitating constructive conversations that focus on future expectations rather than dwelling on the past.
Minimize Defensive Reactions: Instill knowledge on choosing wording that reduces the chance of triggering defensive reactions, especially for problematic behavior, ensuring that feedback is received with openness and a constructive mindset.
Implement a Quick & Flexible Check-In Process: Empower your team with the 10-Minute Questions Conversation, fostering two-way communication, positive feedback, and growth suggestions, while establishing a flexible check-in process for regular and meaningful feedback.
Program Details
By the end of this program, managers will confidently engage in performance discussions that foster growth and future contributions.
This workshop empowers managers to stop hesitating and start leading their teams with effective, timely feedback.
Target Audience—Managers at all experience levels. New managers will gain foundational skills in delivering constructive feedback, while seasoned managers will discover advanced techniques.
Program Highlights
- Give feedback early and often, using straightforward tools that make it second nature.
- Address performance challenges without blame, and reframe missed expectations to inspire improvement.
- Use our word-finding formula to deliver feedback that resonates and boosts confidence.
- Conduct focused, impactful feedback conversations with ease, using the 10-Minute Questions framework.
Program Sections
01
Speak Up: See Something, Say Something
Conversations in the Moment
Letting things slide can turn small issues into bigger problems. We know we should say something, but what and how? This program section empowers you to navigate challenging conversations with confidence and clarity. First, you'll learn a brilliant, non-threatening, easy-to-say wording technique that participants rave about, saying they use it all the time. Next, you’ll develop the skill to recognize when you’re making assumptions—often jumping to worst-case scenarios—by asking insightful questions that invite the individual's perspective.
02
Assess Performance Without Ratings
Assess and Analyze Performance to Create Targeted Performance Feedback Messaging
The initial step in planning meaningful conversations to drive and align performance is understanding an employee's current performance. Use the Employee Performance Continuum model to view performance as a combination of Work Results and Observed Behaviors/Actions. Learn to leverage our visual model to understand better an employee's current performance: strengths, growth opportunities, and, in some cases, the need to course-correct off-target performance. It's the first step toward facilitating meaningful conversations that drive and align performance through impactful and targeted feedback.
03
Personalizing Feedback for Each Team Member
A Plan for Sharing Impactful Information
Giving regular feedback is essential, but it can be tough to know where to start. Generic feedback just doesn’t cut it. That's why we provide the Performance Content Planner—a tool that helps you pinpoint each team member's strengths, positive contributions, and areas for improvement. No more guesswork or one-size-fits-all comments! With this tool, you can deliver personalized feedback that makes each individual feel recognized, valued, and motivated to enhance their performance.
04
Show Your Appreciation
A formula for sharing impactful positive feedback
You'll learn how to give specific, motivating feedback that truly boosts confidence. Our simple, powerful formula helps you find the right words to express genuine appreciation every time. By following three easy steps, you'll share feedback that leaves the recipient with a fresh perspective on their strengths and positive impact.
05
Resolving Employee Performance Issues
a logical and fair approach
Employee performance issues come in all shapes and sizes. They might relate to work results, behavior, or any number of unique scenarios. However, one thing is clear: addressing these challenges effectively requires a structured approach. Our proven Root Cause Analysis four-part formula focuses on facts, reduces assumptions, and uncovers core problems. This adaptable framework ensures you approach each situation effectively, saving time and enhancing confidence in your solutions.
06
Know Exactly What to Say
be direct without triggering defensive reactions
Effective feedback hinges on being direct without provoking defensiveness. With the Turnaround Method, along with hundreds of examples, you’ll learn to transform performance gaps into clear, future-focused requests. By employing non-confrontational language, you’ll convey expectations that are specific and actionable. Our signature approach helps you reframe issues and select the right wording, using brain-friendly language that resonates positively. Understand how the brain instinctively resists "constructive criticism" and master the art of delivering difficult feedback in a way that’s easily accepted.
07
Question-based feedback conversations
Conversations that go beyond tasks and projects
Use the 10-Minute Questions Conversation template – a framework that presents the perfect opportunity to easily share your perspective about the employee’s positive contributions and impact – and how to be even more effective moving ahead. Listen to learn – improve collaboration and strengthen your relationships by tuning in to the topics and questions the employee selects. Solicit upward feedback – understand what the employee appreciates about your support and how you can be more supportive moving ahead.
Participation in this program will empower your managers to:
Craft Personalized Feedback: Equip managers with the tools and confidence to create individualized feedback for each team member, recognizing their unique strengths, contributions, and areas for growth or improvement.
Master Impactful Wording: Develop the skill to choose wording that makes a positive impact, ensuring it is both sayable and hearable, fostering acceptance and understanding by the recipient.
Highlight Value and Positive Impact: Support team members in recognizing the value of their work and the positive impact they bring to the team, creating a culture of appreciation and acknowledgment.
Address Performance Issues in Real Time: Enable managers to address issues at the moment, providing timely feedback that helps employees course-correct and improve performance on an ongoing basis.
Manage Long-Term & Complex Performance Issues: Equip managers to handle longer-term performance issues that have developed into patterns, facilitating constructive conversations that focus on future expectations rather than dwelling on the past.
Minimize Defensive Reactions: Instill knowledge on choosing wording that reduces the chance of triggering defensive reactions, especially for problematic behavior, ensuring that feedback is received with openness and a constructive mindset.
Implement a Quick & Flexible Check-In Process: Empower your team with the 10-Minute Questions Conversation, fostering two-way communication, positive feedback, and growth suggestions, while establishing a flexible check-in process for regular and meaningful feedback.
Program Sections
Program Sections
01
Speak Up: See Something, Say Something
Conversations in the Moment
Letting things slide can turn small issues into bigger problems. We know we should say something, but what and how? This program section empowers you to navigate challenging conversations with confidence and clarity. First, you'll learn a brilliant, non-threatening, easy-to-say wording technique that participants rave about, saying they use it all the time. Next, you’ll develop the skill to recognize when you’re making assumptions—often jumping to worst-case scenarios—by asking insightful questions that invite the individual's perspective.
02
Assess Performance Without Ratings
Assess and Analyze Performance to Create Targeted Performance Feedback Messaging
The initial step in planning meaningful conversations to drive and align performance is understanding an employee's current performance. Use the Employee Performance Continuum model to view performance as a combination of Work Results and Observed Behaviors/Actions. Learn to leverage our visual model to understand better an employee's current performance: strengths, growth opportunities, and, in some cases, the need to course-correct off-target performance. It's the first step toward facilitating meaningful conversations that drive and align performance through impactful and targeted feedback.
03
Personalizing Feedback for Each Team Member
A Plan for Sharing Impactful Information
Giving regular feedback is essential, but it can be tough to know where to start. Generic feedback just doesn’t cut it. That's why we provide the Performance Content Planner—a tool that helps you pinpoint each team member's strengths, positive contributions, and areas for improvement. No more guesswork or one-size-fits-all comments! With this tool, you can deliver personalized feedback that makes each individual feel recognized, valued, and motivated to enhance their performance.
04
Show Your Appreciation
A formula for sharing impactful positive feedback
You'll learn how to give specific, motivating feedback that truly boosts confidence. Our simple, powerful formula helps you find the right words to express genuine appreciation every time. By following three easy steps, you'll share feedback that leaves the recipient with a fresh perspective on their strengths and positive impact.
05
Resolving Employee Performance Issues
a logical and fair approach
Employee performance issues come in all shapes and sizes. They might relate to work results, behavior, or any number of unique scenarios. However, one thing is clear: addressing these challenges effectively requires a structured approach. Our proven Root Cause Analysis four-part formula focuses on facts, reduces assumptions, and uncovers core problems. This adaptable framework ensures you approach each situation effectively, saving time and enhancing confidence in your solutions.
06
Know Exactly What to Say
be direct without triggering defensive reactions
Effective feedback hinges on being direct without provoking defensiveness. With the Turnaround Method, along with hundreds of examples, you’ll learn to transform performance gaps into clear, future-focused requests. By employing non-confrontational language, you’ll convey expectations that are specific and actionable. Our signature approach helps you reframe issues and select the right wording, using brain-friendly language that resonates positively. Understand how the brain instinctively resists "constructive criticism" and master the art of delivering difficult feedback in a way that’s easily accepted.
07
Question-based feedback conversations
Conversations that go beyond tasks and projects
Use the 10-Minute Questions Conversation template – a framework that presents the perfect opportunity to easily share your perspective about the employee’s positive contributions and impact – and how to be even more effective moving ahead. Listen to learn – improve collaboration and strengthen your relationships by tuning in to the topics and questions the employee selects. Solicit upward feedback – understand what the employee appreciates about your support and how you can be more supportive moving ahead.
Performance Feedback Manager Tools and Training
Comprehensive and Immediately Applicable Tools Program:
Program Outcomes: Investing in Your People
Showcase your commitment to employee development by actively investing in their growth. This program highlights your dedication to supporting professional advancement and strengthening the manager-employee relationship, fostering a proactive approach to career growth and performance conversations.
By equipping managers and employees with skills for career growth and performance conversations, you foster a proactive approach to development.
The Benefits
Active Employee Participation: Employees take charge of their performance and development.
Collaborative Approach: Managers and employees partner to enhance performance.Immediate Application: Practical tools and processes for immediate implementation.This comprehensive training ensures effective and engaging performance conversations, driving growth and success for your organization.
Program Benefits
Program Benefits and Takeaways:
- Fresh Perspective: Gain a new approach to addressing performance problems while avoiding common feedback pitfalls.
- Diagnose and Resolve Any Issue: Handle everything from minor concerns to complex challenges.
- Tailored Feedback for Maximum Impact: Deliver personalized feedback that inspires growth and real improvement.
- Communicate Without Triggering Defensiveness: Learn how to craft clear, supportive feedback that avoids tension and encourages action.
- Take Action Immediately: No theory here—managers will leave with strategies they can use the very next day through our Learn, Try, and Apply facilitation method.
What Our Clients Say
"The most valuable part of the session was the systematic approach to identifying performance issues, what words to stay away from, and better wording to get the point across without demoralizing someone."
"I feel a lot more connected with my manager with the 10-Minute check-ins. I’m used to being on the receiving end of performance reviews, not really a full participant in the conversation. After the first couple of conversations, I can say this is 1,000 times better than reviews!"
"I have a better sense of how to ask the right questions about my performance. I now know what effective questions look like and have a ton of examples to choose from."
Ask Us Anything
Our no-pressure 30-minute call is an opportunity to talk about your performance management challenges, ask questions, and clarify your objectives. Whether there's a fit or not, you'll walk away with valuable insights. We're happy to help, no strings attached.