Overview

For almost every business, there comes a time when changes in its operating environment require it to deliver higher levels of performance with the same or fewer resources.

Bringing a fresh perspective to this familiar business issue, this programme has been designed to equip leaders with the right tools, skills and ‘high performance’ mindset in order to make managing performance part of every day business instead of an annual task and deliver high, sustainable bottom line results.

It is designed for new and experienced leaders who manage others directly or via project teams.

Key Benefits

• Understanding how personal leadership style and approach to managing others impacts bottom line performance
• Learning how to maximise each stage of the ‘High Performance Cycle’
• Creating the essential mindset, skills and knowledge to get the very best performance from individuals and teams
• Committing to clear plans for achieving improved individual, team and business performance results

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Programme Content

Across UK industry all evidence points to the fact that leaders in organisations are not using performance management processes to effectively manage the performance outputs of their teams and this ‘invisible virus’ is haemorrhaging millions off the bottom line right now.

This 2-day programme has been designed to cure this business problem by equipping leaders with the right tools, skills and mindset to manage the performance agenda every day and covers the 3 key components of Driving High Performance:

Philosophy

• Exploring what differentiates high performing businesses and leaders from the rest
• Accessing the personal and business benefits of managing the performance agenda
• Establishing a High Performance mindset
• Developing strategies to overcome personal barriers to success

Process

• Exploring best practices in Performance Management
• Practcing how to maximise each stage of the ‘High Performance Cycle’
• Completing a ‘High Performance” Leadership Diagnosis

Application

• Developing a compelling performance ‘story’
• Setting clear expectations and writing quality performance and behavioural objectives
• Finding ways to observe, coach and recognise performance every day
• Developing high quality performance feedback skills
• Differentiating levels of performance and applying appropriate consequences
• Understanding best practice for preparing and conducting effective reviews and appraisals
• Exploring skills and techniques for handling difficult people and conversations
• Practicing how to assess performance and take appropriate development action
• Developing a clear plan for achieving improved individual, team and business performance results

This action orientated, experiential programme will help individuals develop new skills, reset existing mindsets, break behavioural patterns and create the highest levels of commitment to guarantee lasting changes in performance at an individual, team and business level.