How can HR help managers survive performance review season?

Performance reviews are the bread and butter of tough workplace conversations. For any individual—but for managers especially.

The more direct reports a manager has, the more potential tough conversations they’ll have to face in a short period.

The result: performance review season leaves managers feeling drained. Conflicts between direct reports (‘I deserve a raise’) and leadership (‘no one gets a raise’) often leave managers caught in impossible situations.

So how can HR help managers survive performance review season?

Join us for a Tough Conversations LinkedIn Live on August 27th at 10:00 (UK time) on this topic:

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F*ck the system

Knowing how to manage a conversation with a direct report who’s over-eager for a raise is only one piece of the puzzle. For most managers, the biggest challenges they face stem from the review system itself.

According to Gallup, a massive 95% of managers are dissatisfied with their company’s performance review system.

This is where People teams can really make life easier for managers. Setting managers up for success with the right system when review season rolls around is half the battle.

Join our LinkedIn Live next Tuesday to hear two experts discuss the best way to do this—and more questions like:

• How can HR prepare managers to give tough performance reviews?
• What processes can HR put in place to set managers up for success?
• How do you resolve disagreements about pay rises between managers and leadership?
• What should you do if an employee doesn’t agree with their performance review—and comes to HR to complain?

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About the speakers

Marie Krebs has held senior People team roles at some of the most forward-thinking tech companies, as well as co-founding the thriving HR community People Stories . She uses skills from other disciplines like Product, Operations, and Marketing to create employee experiences that attract, retain, and nurture high-performing talent.

Adam Horne is a former startup CPO and self-described culture nerd. After spending years leading high-performing People Teams, he founded the community Open Org and the data startup peoplemetrics.fyi : people metric benchmarking for data-informed People & Talent leaders.

Both have been on either end of many performance reviews, and have survived to tell the tale.

Should be a great chat—don’t miss it ??

See you there!

Team Oliva