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Appraisal Skills Training Course

Our Appraisal Skills training course is delivered as an online virtual open course. We can also deliver the course in-house just for your business as an in-person course or a live virtual online course.

Appraisal Skills Course Highlights

Here’s some quick information about our Appraisal Skills course:

  • 1-day training course delivered online
  • Delivered anywhere in Ireland as an in-house course
  • Booking is easy. Just select a location, a date and hit Book Now!

Course Overview

Course Aim

This Appraisal Skills training course will look at the skills and behaviours necessary to carry out effective performance management and appraisal discussions.

The course will show you how to conduct appraisal meetings that drive performance, motivate staff and build better relationships.

Course Objectives

By attending this Appraisal Skills training course, you will:

  • Understand the different uses of performance management and appraisal processes
  • Know the benefits of conducting effective performance management reviews and appraisals
  • Have the skills required to conduct effective performance management reviews and appraisals
  • Be able to set and agree SMART objectives.

Course Content

What are Performance Management Reviews and Appraisals?
  • What is a performance management review and an appraisal?
  • Why should we do them?
  • What are the benefits?
Manager’s Responsibilities
  • What are the Manager’s responsibilities during the process and meetings?
  • What skills and behaviours are necessary to conduct them effectively?
Conducting a Performance Management Review or Appraisal
  • Why prepare?
  • How to effectively prepare for an effective discussion
  • What information to gather and bring with you
Setting and Agreeing Objectives
  • Why set objectives?
  • What kind of objectives to set
  • Using SMART objectives
Feedback
  • Where does feedback fit?
  • How to give effective feedback
  • What happens when feedback goes wrong
Difficult Conversations
  • How to discuss those difficult topics

Download the Course Brochure

Download a copy of our Appraisal Skills training course brochure below.

Download Appraisal Skills Course Brochure

Our Approach

No PowerPoint

Yes, you read that right! We’ve removed PowerPoint from our in-person training courses. Instead we use more creative ways to deliver content and generate discussion.

Always Interactive

No matter how you attend, our courses are interactive and designed specifically for the delivery method being used.

Practical Tools

We minimise theory and focus on practical tools you can take away and use immediately in the workplace.

Clear Pricing

Transparent pricing for open courses and clear all-inclusive quotes for in-house and bespoke work.

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