Navigating Performance Management in 2026: Strategies to Effectively Manage & Improve Underperformance
Webinar Details
Overview
Managing employee performance is vital to both individual and organizational success. Effective performance management provides meaningful feedback and aligns individual goals with company objectives. This alignment motivates and retains talent while fostering employee development and career progression.
Why you should you attend
Fair and transparent performance management practices are the backbone of employee and organizational success. Organizations that emphasize a performance culture experience enhanced growth and reduced turnover due to a dynamic and adaptive approach to employee performance. Performance management training equips managers and employees with the tools and skills needed to align individual performance with organizational goals. It fosters a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and motivation.
This webinar will equip participants with proven strategies they can utilize to navigate performance management within their organizations.
Who will benefit
- Senior Leadership
- HR Practitioners
- Managers & Supervisors
- Team & Project Leaders
- Employees
Areas Covered in the Session
- Diagnosing the root causes of underperformance, establishing clear expectations, offering targeted support, & monitoring progress
- Strategies to improve underperformance
- Utilizing Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
- Pros & Cons of placing employees on a PIP
- Stakeholder roles throughout the PIP process
- Elements of an effective PIP
- Steps to developing & executing a PIP
- Progressive Discipline practices
- Providing effective performance feedback to employees
- Moving toward termination
- Beware of constructive discharge.
Instructor Details
Diane L Dee
President
Advantage HR Consulting
Diane L. Dee, President of Advantage HR Consulting, has over 25 years of experience in the Human Resources arena. Diane's background includes experience in HR consulting and administration in corporate, government, consulting and pro bono environments. Diane founded Advantage HR Consulting in early 2016. Under Diane's leadership, Advantage HR provides comprehensive, cost-effective Human Resources solutions for small to mid-sized firms in the greater Chicagoland area. Additionally, Diane conducts webinars on a wide-variety of HR topics for various training firms across the country.
Diane holds a Master Certificate in Human Resources from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and has attained SPHR, SHRM-SCP, sHRBP and HRPM® certification.
Diane is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Society for Human Resource Management. Additionally, Diane performs pro bono work through the Taproot Foundation assisting non-profit clients by integrating their Human Resources goals with their corporate strategies.