Getting the most from performance and development conversations
Past HR Network Event
17 May 2018
Event resources
Slides
Getting the most from performance and development conversations
Wendy Hirsh
From PDRs to Focus
Jo Kleboe and Megan Edwards
Handouts
Adopting a developmental management style
Papers
Effective performance, development and career conversations at work
This workshop covered such topics as:
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The purposes and possible outcomes of performance and development conversations.
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What do effective conversations with individual employees need to cover?
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Who is best placed to have these conversations with employees? Where, how often and in what settings can they occur?
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The skills and behaviours needed for developmental conversations.
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What do we need to record, and how is this data used?
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Delegates will have plenty of opportunity to share their own experiences and experiments with performance and development conversations.
Facilitator
Wendy Hirsh, Principal Associate, Institute for Employment Studies
Speakers
Jo Kleboe, Senior Consultant, People services, Surrey and Sussex Police
Megan Edwards, Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Studies
Event details
We assume performance and development conversations are the starting point for a range of actions, from picking up poor performers, to planning learning and development activities and preparing some individuals for career progression. Organisations also hope that these conversations help to engage and retain good employees.
But this idea of conversations begs a number of questions:
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What are the main outcomes we are seeking from performance and development conversations?
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Are we talking about one kind of conversation here (exemplified by the long-established performance and development review), or maybe several different kinds of conversations?
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Are these conversations formal and recorded, or perhaps also informal?
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Do these conversations necessarily take place with the line manager, or can they be with other people too?
