Developing People, Organisations and HR Strategy

Strategic Performance Management

09:00
Registration and coffee
09:30
Development needs and the link to talent management
  • What is the link to talent management and succession planning?
  • How to ensure your development needs analysis flows from the organisation's strategy and performance management outcomes: balancing an individual's needs with corporate goals
  • Development options and maximising training and development 'transfer': how to ensure your development spend impacts on the bottom line
  • Review of approaches, including coaching, 360 degree appraisal, mentoring, action learning, on the job and formal training
11:00
Coffee
11:15
Motivation and reward
  • What really motivates people? Why reward? Embracing differences and developing financial and non-financial awards and rewards that work
  • Exploration of options: annual salary, bonuses, PRP, incentive schemes, recognition schemes, awards, praise
  • Fairness and consistency: how to ensure your motivation and reward schemes are linked into sound performance management and exploring appropriate levels of transparency
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Case study: National Grid Wireless
Katie Haworth, Senior HR Business Partner, National Grid Wireless
  • Engendering a performance management and development culture to get the best out of your staff
  • Restructuring the performance management process - from top down and bottom up
  • Linking the performance management system to the strategic planning process
  • Connecting performance management to reward structure
14:15
Coffee
14:30
Designing a performance management scheme
  • How to design a performance management scheme that will work for your organisation
  • Where to start: scoping, buy-in from the top, pilot selection
  • Detailed design that will work: using the users, building belief in the scheme
  • Coaching your workforce to enhance performance and developing a performance management culturen
  • Investing in electronic performance management systems: is it worth it?
  • How to assess the impact of your performance management scheme
15:00
Tea
15:15
Potential pitfalls - how it can go wrong
  • Identifying substandard corporate and management communication skills, leadership and effective teamworking: raising and addressing dependent issues
  • Why do line managers experience difficulty managing poor performance?
  • Preventing the danger of inconsistency and unfairness leading to employee confusion and mistrust
  • Overcoming cynicism and paper pushing: avoiding bureaucracy and empowering effective appraisal
16:00
Action planning for the future: what's next?
16:30
End of seminar

 

 
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The course was really lively and interactive. I gained a great deal from the speakers and other delegates' experiences. A lot of food for thought.

— Linda Bradley, HR Development Manager,
BMW

The seminar pulled together a lot of areas of understanding

— Sue Lee, HR Manager,
Signet Trading