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How it works
Maximising Workforce Performance
Drive team success with practical performance management tools
Join a course designed to elevate your leadership skills and transform the way you manage teams.
Whether you’re a new manager or an experienced leader, you’ll walk away equipped with the tools to foster growth, boost productivity, and create a workplace where everyone thrives.
Through practical strategies and real-world examples, you’ll learn to turn performance management into a collaborative and inspiring process.
Build strong foundations in performance management
Begin by understanding the core principles of performance management and its impact on workplace success.
You’ll learn how to set clear expectations, align employee goals with organisational objectives, and create a structured framework for success.
This foundation will empower you to manage with confidence and clarity.
Master the art of feedback and coaching
You’ll then discover how to give and receive feedback in a way that motivates and inspires.
Delve into techniques for constructive conversations, develop coaching strategies to guide performance and build stronger relationships with your team.
Lead performance conversations with confidence
This course sets you up to become a confident and impactful leader, helping you harness tools to conduct meaningful performance conversations that drive results.
From preparing for formal reviews to addressing behavioural challenges, you’ll learn to navigate difficult discussions with empathy and professionalism.
This will enable you to foster a high-engagement culture where employees feel valued and supported.
Syllabus
Week 1
Foundations of Effective Performance Management
Lesson 1: Introduction to Performance Management
In this lesson, you'll explore the fundamentals of performance management, its role throughout the employee life cycle, and the structured process that supports it.
Lesson 2: Advantages of Collaborating on Performance Expectations
In this lesson, you'll learn the advantages of a collaborative approach to performance management.
Lesson 3: The Importance of Giving and Receiving Regular Feedback
In this lesson, you'll explore the value of consistent, two-way feedback and how it strengthens team performance.
Week 2
Leading Performance Conversations and Coaching for Growth
Lesson 4: Having Constructive and Positive Performance Conversations
In this lesson, you'll gain practical guidance on leading constructive and positive performance conversations.
Lesson 5: Coaching as a Performance and Behavior Management Tool
In this lesson, you'll explore coaching techniques to manage performance and behavior, support all employee types, and foster a culture of growth.
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Evaluate the effectiveness of various performance management approaches and determine appropriate strategies to enhance employee engagement and productivity within diverse team environments.
- Design performance expectations and growth-oriented goals that align with organizational values and objectives through collaborative discussions with team members.
- Apply advanced communication techniques, including feedback frameworks and coaching models, to conduct performance conversations that foster accountability and continuous development.
- Integrate performance management tools and behavioral insights to proactively address underperformance and cultivate a high-performing, psychologically safe workplace culture.
Who is the course for?
This course is for new team leaders, supervisors, and managers stepping into leadership roles, as well as experienced leaders seeking to refresh their skills.
Who will you learn with?
Who developed the course?
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Ways to learn
Choose the best way to learn for you!
Subscribe & save
$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$54/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Start learning today
Free
Try this course - with limits
- Limited to 2 weeks
Find out more about certificates, Unlimited or buying a course (Upgrades) Sale price available until 2 June 2025 at 23:59 (UTC). T&Cs apply. |
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Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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