
Learn how to prepare for performance reviews by knowing your role, setting smart objectives, conducting a self-review, and managing upwards to influence salary increases and promotions.
Learn to distinguish performance reviews from performance management and build a portfolio of evidence. Use manager check-ins and goal tracking to drive a proactive, two-way conversation aligned with company goals.
Clarify your role with an accurate job description, understand how you will be assessed, and establish regular goal-setting meetings to align expectations and prevent surprises in reviews.
Collaborate with your manager to set smart goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound, aligned with company strategy, with near-term quarterly targets broken into bite-sized steps.
Encourage learners to leave a review after enjoying the course, reinforcing the value of feedback.
Discover how to prepare a comprehensive self-review, compile a portfolio of evidence, set future goals, and use the Eisenhower Matrix to prioritize tasks for performance discussions.
Develop a growth mindset that treats intelligence and learning as improvable, embraces feedback, and perseveres through challenges to improve performance during reviews.
Understand the four-stage performance cycle—planning, monitoring, evaluating, and rewarding—and learn to set smart objectives, document evidence, and align goals with the organization for effective evaluations.
Treat performance reviews as an ongoing process, keep an up-to-date portfolio of evidence, set smart objectives, and hold regular feedback sessions with your manager to showcase achievements.
Tony shares 20 plus years in human resources and business, distilling essential performance review guidelines for employees into slides, and invites you to explore further and leave a review.
It is often assumed that an employee knows what to expect in a review process and that they know how to PREPARE for the review process. This is often not the case. Most employees are often not prepared and see it as something to be feared. And yet with some preparation and a slight change in mindset, it can be a positive experience, where you can showcase your accomplishments, proactively discuss future performance and goals… and further your career. This course will help you to prepare for your performance review, set SMART goals, create a portfolio of evidence and conduct a self-review so as to make your formal performance review a positive experience.
This class is for all levels, and no prior experience, software or special equipment is required. It is for:
New Entrants into the Workplace
Current Employees who want to know how to prepare for their performance review
For anyone preparing for any form of review or appraisal of something that they have worked on.
In this course, you will learn:
How to prepare for your performance review
How to manage job expectations
How to set SMART objectives
How to do a Self-Review
By the end of the course, you will:
· Know how to prepare for your performance review
· Know how to set SMART objectives
· Manage upwards
· Improve your chances of getting that raise or promotion
· Take accountability for your career advancement
· Feel more empowered