Location:  Redwood Credit Union 3033 Cleveland Ave Santa Rosa

Registration:  2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Intro/Legal Update:  2:15 – 2:30 pm

Program:  2:30 – 5:00 pm

Cost:  Members - $45.00 /Non-Members - $75.00

 Register early!  After April 12, 2010 - Members - $60.00 /Non-Members - $90.00

Cancellation must be received by April 12, 2010

"People hate performance reviews." After nearly twenty years working in major corporations as a human resource executive and manager, this is how Gary Markle came to summarize what he now calls "industry's poorest performing personnel practice." In this highly interactive workshop, Markle makes his case for the abolishment of conventional methods of performance evaluation and teaches participants how to replace them with a more effective and efficient system that he calls "Catalytic Coaching."

The workshop will give participants a complete overview of a performance management system designed to accomplish five key business objectives:

 • Change behavior

• Motivate employees to work harder

• Reduce turnover

• Develop people for assuming greater responsibility

• Minimize legal exposure

Value to Members:

Participants are given instruction on how to use the system to deal with common but challenging special cases like: The Problem Performer (a poor performer with good attitude); The Liability (a poor performer with poor attitude); The Climber (a good performer with high potential); The Unreliable (a good performer when s/he's actually there); and The Rebel (a good performer but radical nonconformist).  The workshop includes an exercise in which participants complete a coaching worksheet in preparation for a session with at least one real direct report. 

 Who should attend:

Senior HR professionals, including vice presidents, directors, senior managers of HR, and HR generalists in "business partner" or "consulting" roles, as well as the CFO's, COO's, and Business Unit managers who are their business partners.

 Biography:

Gary Markle is a Vistage member and strategic human resource consultant based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is author of the book, "Catalytic Coaching: The End of the Performance Review," which was released in February of 2000.  Markle's consulting firm, Energage, is dedicated to helping companies "energize and engage the human spirit at work." As part of this practice, he has helped dozens of companies, both large and small, implement the principles contained in his book.