Originally presented on May 11, 2009
10:30 a.m. to Noon (Pacific)

Order Option       Price   CD Recording Only       $219

Performance reviews are an essential tool for all workplaces. They serve as a benchmark for evaluating workers' eligibility for raises and promotions, and they provide invaluable evidence when a worker needs to be disciplined or terminated for performance problems—evidence that could be the only thing standing between you and a costly lawsuit.

There's just one problem: Managers hate performance reviews. They tend to put them off until the very last minute, and they also tend to inflate ratings no matter how hard you try to make them stop.

Join us on May 11—and bring your supervisors along, too—for an in-depth audio conference all about how to conduct timely, accurate performance appraisals that will both educate workers and protect your organization from legal headaches.

You'll learn:

• The top 10 legal and HR-management pitfalls to train your managers on so they don't misstep when evaluating performance
• How to prep managers for their evaluation meeting so it goes smoothly for them, the worker being evaluated, and (ultimately) you
• Cross-cultural considerations managers need to be sensitive to
• Tips for ensuring performance appraisals get done in a timely manner
• An action plan for smoothing over a performance review gone bad
• Topics, phrases, and comments that managers should steer clear of during reviews
• How to train managers on giving feedback so your workforce stays energized and motivated
• The legal armor you'll need to defend yourself against claims relating to your performance review process

About Your Speakers:

Ted Williams, Esq. is a principal of The Williams Group, a full-service human resources management company that assists clients from a variety of organizations with management training and development, executive coaching, and other HR components. Williams is a sought-after trainer, and he has taught HR management, business management, and business law as an associate professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and at William Penn University in Des Moines, Iowa.

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

Bonus Offer

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How Do Audio Conferences Work?

An Audio Conference is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your office using a regular telephone. You have no travel costs and no out-of-office time.

Plus, for one low price you can get as many people in your office to participate as you can fit around a speakerphone.

Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions' either on the phone or via e-mail.

With your registration, you also receive conference materials with additional practical information from Employer Resource Institute sent to you via e-mail shortly before the conference.

Why You Can Sign Up To Attend This Event with Confidence

As with all Employer Resource Institute products, you're completely protected. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with this Audio Conference, simply let us know and we will return your entire registration fee.