Supervisory Development Content Library

Watch "An Overview of Effective Performance Management" video.

Watch the "Conducting Ongoing Check-ins" video.

As a supervisor, it is important to connect employee engagement with your organizational/unit priorities. 

When you have to give negative or critical feedback or information to others about their performance, you may be anticipating difficult conversations. Difficult conversations involve you giving, receiving, or discussing critical performance feedback.

Watch the "Formal Evaluation" video.

Goals are the most important way to set expectations for an employee that include both key RESULTS of what needs to be accomplished and behaviors, or how the results are accomplished over the next year.

Use this template to set broad annual goals and short-term, specific goals throughout the year.

Performance reviews can be challenging for both supervisors and employees. Do you find yourself reviewing goals that might be out-of-date? Figuring out how to give feedback in a way that’s productive? Wondering what you can do differently so that performance management is even more effective next year?

Performance reviews are often viewed as difficult by both supervisors and employees. If you manage others, it means reviewing goals that might be out-of-date, preparing for hours, figuring out how to give feedback in a way that’s productive, and helping people set goals.