Before employees can be excellent workers, they must first understand what is expected of them. As a leader, you must set goals and gain employee buy-in on those goals, develop training plans, track outcomes, and provide effective performance feedback.
This course describes how to set goals and evaluate achievement, tasks that require planning and communication. Through this course, you will recognize the connection between your goal setting behavior and employee excellence. At the end of this course you should be able to:
+ Explain how to use a position description can be used as the basis for setting expectations and employee development.+ Describe the characteristics of effective performance goals and how to develop such goals.+ Identify different types of performance standards and methods of measuring.+ Explain how to communicate performance expectations.+ Describe how to conduct performance observations, collect data, and solicit feedback.
Wesley E. Donahue, Ph.D., PE, PLS, PMP, 6σ Black Belt (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), is the course Master Instructor. Formerly, he was the director of Penn State Management Development, a self-supporting provider of education and training services to business and industry clients around the world. Before joining Penn State, he was co-founder and executive vice president of a manufacturing and specialty engineering firm; manager of corporate development and international manager of technology for a Fortune 200 company; and, professional associate of a worldwide provider of technical management professional services.
