Hope everybody had a great long weekend.
I don’t know if this is new, of if its just new to me, but I’ve found an e-course at about.com on “Powerful Performance Management,” penned by Susan Heathfield. Basically, you get one email a week for four weeks on the topic. It has the following parts:
- The definition of performance management,
- Why performance appraisals are universally disliked and don’t work,
- How to use performance management to help people succeed and improve,
- How to communicate performance feedback,
- How to set measurable goals as part of the performance development planning meeting,
- How to participate effectively in a performance management system, and
- How to integrate 360 degree or multi-rater feedback into your performance management system.
I’m not generally in the business of sending people to about.com, but It seems like this might be a good introduction to the topic of performance management. As I get the courses, I’ll report back on their worthiness.
Here’s the link to sign up if you’re interested. If you’ve gone through this course, let us know your thoughts.