Employee Performance Management Course in Amsterdam

Building a Performance Culture That Drives Results and Development

Effective performance management goes beyond annual appraisals. It is a continuous process of setting expectations, monitoring progress, providing feedback, developing employees, and recognising strong performance.

The Employee Performance Management course provides participants with practical tools for designing and managing effective performance processes. Across five days, participants explore goal-setting, KPIs, performance monitoring, reviews, coaching, difficult conversations, motivation, engagement, and recognition.

The programme helps managers and HR professionals create clearer expectations, strengthen accountability, support employee development, and build a performance culture aligned with organisational objectives.

You'll Learn How To

• Explain the purpose and value of performance management.
• Distinguish performance management from performance appraisal.
• Apply the performance management cycle effectively.
• Define the roles of managers and HR in performance management.
• Set SMART goals and measurable performance expectations.
• Align individual objectives with organisational priorities.
• Develop performance agreements and goal-setting frameworks.
• Select appropriate qualitative and quantitative performance measures.
• Design and monitor relevant KPIs.
• Conduct effective performance reviews.
• Use performance data to support fair and informed decisions.
• Provide positive, constructive, and developmental feedback.
• Apply coaching models such as GROW and CLEAR.
• Address underperformance and difficult conversations confidently.
• Apply motivation and engagement principles.
• Develop effective reward and recognition approaches.
• Create practical action plans for improving performance management.