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Establishing Performance Goals & Expectations

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Please turn on your camera

This class works best when it is interactive, so please participate & ask questions during the presentation

Class Guidelines

Stop all other work, texting, email, & IM, etc. in order to give your full attention for the entirety of the class time

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the learner will be able to

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Use best practices and tools to establish and follow up with performance expectations aligned with our mission and Values

Recognize the importance of setting expectations in managing performance and engagement

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Reflect on actions you can take when establishing and following up with performance expectations

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Identify available tools and resources to implement with your team to establish and reinforce performance expectations

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Why do you think Team Members Don’t Complete Work as Assigned?

Share your Thoughts

Because we believe that People WANT to complete their tasks…

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Why Team Members Don’t do What They are Supposed to do:

Team Members don’t know WHAT to do

(Knowledge gap)

Team Members don’t know HOW to do it

(Skills gap)

Team Members don’t know WHY they should do it

(Motivation gap)

Team Members THINK they ARE doing it

(Knowledge/Skills gap)

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As a Leader, what is your role in establishing goals and expectations?

Fill in the gaps:

    • Assess team members (ongoing performance feedback)
    • Coach team members to make adjustments and reinforce desired outcomes
    • Develop team members by setting strategic and professional (S.M.A.R.T) goals
    • Plan & Reward based on team member performance
    • Clearly communicate expectations
    • Empower team members to ask questions
    • Train team members on responsibilities/duties as necessary

A leader's role in performance management is to re-enforce and re-direct. 

This is not inherently positive or negative, but the way in which we engage with team members will determine a team member's experience of this process.

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In what ways does establishing goals and expectations promote our values?�(In other words, how are our Values, etc., connected to team members’ daily duties?)

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What is your Department’s �BEST project?

How does your department’s project promote the Goals, Values, & Mission of our Organization?

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Breakout Room �(7 min)

Each group will receive a scenario.

    • Identify the gap & discuss how you know which gap you are dealing with.
    • How can you use the Performance Management Cycle to determine where to begin with the employee?
    • How can you fill the gap in this particular situation?

Before you begin, each group should choose a SPEAKER and a RECORDER.

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Break Out Rooms�Share Out

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Scenario 1: Junior Graphic Designer

You are a leader in a department where Joaquin has been hired as a junior graphic designer. Though this is not his first graphic design job, you can tell that Joaquin still needs some guidance to embody the Carle Culture in his designs.  In an effort to provide guidance, you have asked one of the senior graphic designers to help mentor Joaquin for his first few months at Carle.  However, yesterday, while walking through the office, you overheard a group of 3 team members, including Joaquin's mentor, discussing Joaquin's latest project and comparing his skill level to a child.

You start to walk over to the group to address the situation when you look up to see Joaquin just around a corner looking discouraged and dejected.  You realize he must have heard his colleagues conversation.

  • Which gap do you think Joaquin is dealing with?
  • As a leader, where in the Performance Management Cycle would you begin in the hopes of helping Joaquin upskill his abilities?
  • How would you handle the situation with the 3 gossiping team members?
  • What might this look like in a CLINICAL environment?

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Scenario 2: Finance

Felicia is an experienced employee in a finance department for Carle Health, focusing primarily on accounts payable.  While she is very good at her specific, assigned duties, whenever she is asked to assist with reports or other duties outside of her department, she responds with, "That's not my job, I only work in Accounts Payable. Get someone else to help you with that."

Knowing that Felicia is skilled in her duties, you had been considering mentioning her to your 1-Up as someone who could be a great leader in the department, helping those in her own specific specialty, but others as well; however, her attitude about not doing anything extra worries you.

  • Which gap is Felicia dealing with?
  • Where on the performance management cycle would you begin with Felicia in order to help her upskill?
  • How can you address this issue?
  • What might this look like in a CLINICAL setting?

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Scenario 3: Specialized Nurse

Angelica, a nurse, was recently transferred to a specialized cardiac unit because of the glowing reports she received from her 1-Up in her previous department.  The new unit is short staffed, so Angelica was asked to end her orientation early and start taking a full patient load.  

But last week, when she was asked to manage the crash cart, she hesitated, asking that Pat, another nurse on the unit, take over for her while she observed. After the code, Pat went to see if Angelica needing anything, only to find her sitting quietly in the break room. Confused, Pat asks Angelica if there is anything wrong. Angelica waves her off with a short comment about just being busy.

  • Which gap is Angelica dealing with?
  • As a leader, where in the Performance Management Cycle would you begin in the hopes of helping Angelica feel more comfortable in her job duties?
  • What might this look like in an office (non-clinical) environment?

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At its core, Accountability is about having the COURAGE to confront someone about their deficiencies and then to stand in the moment and deal with their reaction, which may not be pleasant…To hold someone accountable is to care about them enough to risk having them blame you for pointing out their deficiencies.

Quote from Patrick Lencioni’s

“The Advantage”

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How does ACCOUNTABILITY �help your Team �Members to �Meet their Goals?

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Accountability Cycle

  • Responsibility is a before-the-fact mindset of personal ownership and commitment to a result.
  • Self-Empowerment is taking personal action and risk in order to ensure the achievement of an agreed-upon result.
  • Personal Accountability is a personal willingness, after the fact, to answer for outcomes produced.

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Clear Agreements w/ Team Members

These ideas can be helpful to consider before meeting with team members

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What is the Task?

What is the Outcome?

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What Actions will I take?

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What are the established Timelines?

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What are the Stakes?

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Scenario

You are a new leader in your department. John was a long-time co-worker of yours (5 years), before you moved into a leadership role. While looking over the notes left by the previous leader in your department, you notice that over the last year, John has regularly begun to express interest in promoting to a leadership position, but the note also suggests that he lacks problem-solving skills & initiative, often comes to work late, and passes off some of the more tedious daily duties to other co-workers. John’s annual performance evaluation is coming up again, and you know he will want to discuss the idea of advancement.

How can you, as a new leader, reset expectations in order to help John achieve his goals while also focusing on the areas mentioned by the previous supervisor as opportunities for growth? How, and in what order, would you use the Performance Management cycle and Accountability Cycle tools to accomplish your goals as a leader?

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How many of you have been a part of a team where goals/expectations shifted mid year?

Share a time when goals/expectations  shifted and how you reacted to that shift?

How do the previously discussed strategies and tools still help/apply?

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Now that we have completed our course, can you:

  • Use best practices and tools to establish and follow up with performance expectations aligned with our mission and Values

  • Recognize the importance of setting expectations in managing performance and engagement

  • Reflect on actions you can take when establishing and following up with performance expectations

  • Identify available tools and resources to implement with your team to establish and reinforce performance expectations

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