Seminar Employee Appraisal

Types of appraisal interviews

• Benefits, types and definition of different appraisal interviews
• Regular, recurring appraisal interviews
• Occasional appraisal interviews
• Objectives of the individual interview formats

Preparing for an appraisal interview

• Placement in the company context and strategy
• Create an appropriate set-up for an interview: place, time, content, process and goal
• Familiarising yourself with the future interviewer
• Using the appraisal interview as an instrument of leadership

Role, behaviour and leadership communication

• Role and attitude as a manager/personnel manager
• Aspects of appreciative communication
• Motivation and recognition in appraisal interviews
• Expressing criticism and offering encouragement

Conducting the interview

• Elements and phases of each interview situation
• Finding the beginning of a conversation and creating a comfortable atmosphere
• Interview techniques for employee-oriented interviewing & active listening
• Interpreting verbal and non-verbal communication
• Emotional intelligence: understanding expectations and interests
• Characteristics of different employee behaviour
• Dealing with difficult situations

Concluding and following up the appraisal interview

• Finding and jointly formulating goals
• Conclusion and result of the discussion
• Documenting the content of the discussion
• Defining milestones and follow-up

The appraisal interview seminar is characterised by its distinct workshop character, so that you will have sufficient opportunity to train different occasions of appraisal interviews with the appropriate conduct of the interview in units with practical relevance.

• You will be familiar with the different formats of appraisal interviews and will be able to prepare for each one.
• You will conduct your appraisal interviews in a way that is appreciative, motivating, supportive and challenging at the same time.
• Your appraisal interviews convey the values and philosophy of the company.
• You feel prepared for difficult discussions
• You use the appraisal interview as a management tool and for personnel development and motivation.

The methodical, didactic implementation of the employee appraisal seminar is based on an intensive practice-oriented approach and covers the entire range of learning impulses. Starting with an initial theoretical trainer input, a group discussion follows with subsequent partner work. Further blocks of topics are developed in individual and group exercises. Practical best-practice and case examples as well as the use of video analysis in role plays round off the seminar in a goal-oriented way and give you the opportunity to contribute your own experiences. To ensure the sustainability of what has been learned, participants in the appraisal interview seminar receive handouts and checklists.

The seminar on appraisal interviews is aimed at managers and HR managers who want to develop their management skills and use appraisal interviews as a management tool and personnel development measure in the future. The seminar is aimed at managers who intend to conduct this type of discussion in a well-prepared, structured and win-win situation.

Only those who know where employees' individual strengths and weaknesses lie and what motivates them are in a position to bring about a win-win situation for all concerned by comparing them with the requirements of the company. Request further information for your appraisal interview seminar today!

You would like to hold the appraisal interview seminar in your company as an in-house training? That is of course possible! We will be happy to prepare an individual offer that meets your content priorities, your specified time frame and other wishes. Please send your in-house enquiry to: kontakt@drgkitzmann-akademie.de

The participants of the appraisal interview seminar are invited, as part of their preparation, to identify their own occasions for discussion from their everyday professional life and to bring them to this seminar. In most cases, these are the following occasions:

• Target agreement meeting
• Appraisal interview
• Promotion and development meetings
• End-of-year reviews
• Motivational interview and recognition interview
• Criticism meeting
• Warning discussion
• Delegation talks
• Talks that originate from employees

The intention of the appraisal interview seminar is to enable people with personnel responsibility to conduct their interviews in an employee-oriented way by means of numerous exercises. They are put in a position to always select an appropriate discussion format and setting so that employees always feel comfortable and open during discussions. In such a climate, recognition, but also criticism, can be received and equally perceived as motivating. As a result, employees, regardless of the situations, will perceive the dialogue as a valuable impulse for their professional development.

Basically, the character and the course of a conversation are very individual. This is due to the fact that different influencing factors always come together: The reason for the discussion, the personality of the manager, the personality of the employee and the corporate culture. Nevertheless, the following main steps can be distinguished in the appraisal interview seminar:

1. Opening the discussion and creating the right atmosphere
2. State the topic and the objective
3. Communicating perceptions
4. Active listening and steering the conversation
5. Addressing factual problems or performance issues
6. Signal fairness and willingness to cooperate
7. Making suggestions
8. Fixing goals
9. Record results
10. Regular follow-up

In the appraisal interview seminar, managers receive valuable tips, suggestions and techniques from a trainer from our academy for conducting profitable appraisal interviews and assessments. After completing the appraisal interview seminar, you will be able to find your way around even difficult conversations with employees if you have limited preparation time. You will be able to quickly adapt to significant characters and meet their individual wishes and interests. At the same time, you will be able to keep the company's goals and interests in mind at all times. As a result, this seminar event will enable managers to master the upcoming staff appraisals with confidence. Contact us today to find out how you can personally benefit from the Dr. G. Kitzmann Academy's employee appraisal seminar!