Performance Management | addressing underperformance ahead of 2025
Looking to tackle lingering performance issues ahead of the new year to get your workforce into better shape for 2025? Not sure how to go about it?
Most employers understand the significant impact of poor performance, yet many are reluctant to address ongoing issues due to concerns about potential conflict and claims. However, letting issues fester can be a recipe for disaster, and over time, can drag your organisation and other employees down.
Join WorkNest’s Employment Law experts to learn how to handle poor performance in a fair and compliant manner so that you can get your team back on track while avoiding possible legal pitfalls that could put your organisation at risk.
28 November, 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
What's on the agenda?
Hosted by Head of Team and Solicitor Toyah Marshall and Employment Law Adviser and Solicitor Chloe Kamutikaoma, this free 60-minute session will cover:
- The importance of regular performance reviews, especially during probationary periods, and addressing concerns early on.
- Techniques for conducting structured appraisals as part of your performance management framework.
- How to determine whether you’re dealing with a performance or conduct-related problem, and why this matters.
- How to conduct a fair performance management procedure and deal with common curveballs, such as grievances raised during the process.
- Strategies for tackling historic underperformance where managers have let issues slide for too long.
- Why you cannot, and should not, use redundancy as a workaround for dealing with poor performance.
- How to mitigate risks when dismissing an underperforming employee, particularly where there may be a disability at play.
Have a question for our hosts?
If you have a specific query about this topic that you would like our hosts to answer, submit it when signing up in the form above – we’ll address as many as we can at the end of the session.
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Training course: Managing Performance
This intensive half-day training course is suitable for all managers, particularly those who carry out one to one supervision meetings and staff reviews, whether they are new to people
management or experienced managers who require a refresher. It is also useful to those who have HR responsibilities. Through case studies and practical exercises, this course brings to life the benefits of proactive and consistent performance management, from setting clear expectations to addressing poor performance cases.
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“Having attended a few WorkNest webinars, I am always impressed with the no-nonsense, well-balanced guidance they provide. Their advice gives me confidence to deal with situations that may arise in an appropriate way and the fact that they follow up with answers to all the questions posed during the webinar is an added bonus.”
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