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Effective Performance Management for Engineering Teams
Gain insights into performance management for engineering teams. Discover how to set clear expectations, design performance metrics, and provide constructive feedback to enhance team productivity and accountability.
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89 Lessons
25h
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- An understanding of performance management in engineering teams
- Familiarity with the techniques for setting clear expectations and their importance
- The ability to design metrics to gauge an individual’s performance
- The ability to keep your team motivated
- The ability to boost individual team member performances
- The ability to effectively communicate good as well as bad performance reviews
Learning Roadmap
1.
Introduction
Introduction
Get familiar with essential performance management skills to enhance engineering team success.
2.
Overview of Performance Management
Overview of Performance Management
Unpack the core of performance management, focusing on documentation, feedback, accountability, and career growth.
3.
The Need for Clear Expectations
The Need for Clear Expectations
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Work your way through establishing clear expectations in performance management to enhance team effectiveness and accountability.
4.
Accountability
Accountability
9 Lessons
9 Lessons
Grasp the fundamentals of balancing individual and team accountability for effective performance management in engineering teams.
5.
Metrics
Metrics
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Take a closer look at assessing team performance through metrics, avoiding pitfalls, and driving improvement.
6.
Motivation
Motivation
7 Lessons
7 Lessons
See how motivation, autonomy, relatedness, and competence drive engineering team performance.
7.
Feedback
Feedback
7 Lessons
7 Lessons
Approach delivering balanced, timely feedback to guide, motivate, and improve team performance.
8.
Performance Reviews
Performance Reviews
10 Lessons
10 Lessons
Learn how to use performance reviews for growth, accurate assessments, and team motivation.
9.
Corrections
Corrections
10 Lessons
10 Lessons
Unpack the core of identifying and effectively addressing underperformance, using structured processes and collaboration.
10.
Termination/Separation
Termination/Separation
10 Lessons
10 Lessons
Explore the emotional, procedural, and managerial complexities of employee termination.
11.
Rewards
Rewards
7 Lessons
7 Lessons
Find out about effectively motivating engineering teams using tailored rewards and recognition techniques.
12.
The Development of Talent
The Development of Talent
8 Lessons
8 Lessons
Map out the steps for fostering talent growth, leadership continuity, and team resilience.
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
A manager is responsible for assigning tasks to the team members, keeping tabs on the progress, and analyzing their performance. A good manager must know their strengths and use them accordingly.
This course covers the essentials of performance management in engineering teams. You’ll learn the importance of setting clear expectations and the difference between individual and collective accountability. You’ll learn the importance of performance metrics and design them for your team. Next, you’ll explore ways to keep your team motivated and provide each team member with constructive feedback. You’ll learn how to decide when to let a team member go, including planning for a successor.
By the end of this course, you’ll have learned to apply processes and practices to monitor the performance of your team. You’ll be able to provide timely and constructive feedback to your team, including performance reviews. In addition, you’ll be able to balance a team with members having varying performances and competencies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ted Neward
I am an industry professional of thirty years' experience--an author, speaker, manager, philosopher, and technologist. Cut my teeth on an Apple ][+ in 1978, wrote code professionally in C++/Windows in 1995, haven't looked back.
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