Performance Appraisals: Blunders, Bloopers & Brilliance: 10 Strategies for Success
SPEAKERS:
Sharon Armstrong, Sharon Armstrong and Associates
The single most important tool in a manager’s toolbox is the performance appraisal. When used correctly, the appraisal is the capstone on a year of goal setting, coaching and continual feedback. And yet most managers see their performance management system as an onerous once a year headache. How can you as an HR professional breathe new life into your performance appraisal system? In this presentation, we will reveal 10 strategies that will eliminate the stress and uncertainty of the performance review process.
Sharon Armstrong has spent many years working with managers on increasing their skills in giving and receiving feedback, documenting coaching discussions and turning around poor performing employees. She has distilled her experience into the 10 most effective strategies for creating a winning performance management system. Use these strategies to transform an annual event into a powerful tool to create confident, motivated and productive employees.
In this session you will learn:
• The top 10 strategies for creating a powerful performance management system
• How performance management can motivate employees and increase their productivity
• To apply a coaching model for performance improvement
This session is based on the new book, The Essential Performance Review Handbook, by Sharon Armstrong, published by Career Press in May, 2010.
Sharon Armstrong has more than 20 years of experience as a Human Resources consultant, trainer and career counselor. Since launching her own consulting business in 1998, Sharon Armstrong and Associates, she has consulted with many large corporations and small businesses. She has facilitated training, completed HR projects and provided career transition services for a wide variety of clients in the profit and non-profit sectors.
Sharon received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Southern Maine and her Masters Degree in Counseling from George Washington University. She is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR).
Sharon is the co-author of a humor book, published by Random House. Heeling the Canine Within: The Dog’s Self-Help Companion was published in 1998. Her first “serious” book, Stress-Free Performance Appraisals – Turn Your Most Painful Management Duty into a Powerful Motivational Tool was published by Career Press in July, 2003. Her next book, The Essential HR Handbook – A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager or HR Professional, co-authored with Barbara Mitchell, was published by Career Press in July, 2008. Her latest book, The Essential Performance Review Handbook was published in May, 2010.
Registration Begins at 11:00 am
Lunch will be served.
Agenda:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Registration, networking and lunch served
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Welcome, announcements, speaker introduction by vendor sponsor
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Speaker presentation, 1.25 HRCI credits
1:45 pm
Meeting adjourned
Registration for this event will close on September 8. No refunds will be honored after that date.
Thank you to our sponsors for this event:
George Washington University
ROTI Catering
