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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

89 Lessons

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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Author NameEffective Performance Management forEngineering Teams
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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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