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Strategic Performance Management training

Eleven microlessons, each under 5 minutes, on long-term performance and team development, from aligning objectives to fair reviews, with a quiz and a written task.

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About this course

What the Strategic Performance Management course covers

This course covers strategic performance management in eleven microlessons, each under 5 minutes. It's built for leaders who want lasting performance gains, and covers aligning objectives with strategy, team ownership, clear expectations, handling mistakes, high-performing teams, fair performance reviews, poor performance, autonomy and feedback. It ends with a multiple-choice question and a short written task: writing an OKR for your team.

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Align team objectives with company strategy
  • Build ownership and accountability in your team
  • Manage and resolve performance issues
  • Recognize and build the traits of high-performing teams
  • Use evidence-based, fair performance management
  • Use autonomy to motivate and lift productivity
Course contents

11 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson, with knowledge checks along the way.

1Alignment & Measurement
2Involve the Team
3Clear Expectations
4Fix
5How to Tune and Align Your Team
6Structured Process
7How to Manage Poor Performance
8Scores & Autonomy
9Feel Less Uncomfortable
10Stop Serving Compliment Sandwiches
11Clear Expectations

  1. Alignment & Measurement: Turning company strategy into team objectives and goals.
  2. Involve the Team: Involving your team in its direction so they own the result.
  3. Clear Expectations: How clear expectations lift motivation and performance.
  4. Fix: Owning mistakes and leading your team through a crisis.
  5. How to Tune and Align Your Team: The traits of high-performing teams, and how to agree ways of working.
  6. Structured Process: Using a structured, evidence-based process to reduce bias in reviews.
  7. How to Manage Poor Performance: Finding the root cause of poor performance before you act.
  8. Scores & Autonomy: Managing high performers with clear goals and room to work their way.
  9. Feel Less Uncomfortable: Finding the why behind a performance issue before you talk about it.
  10. Stop Serving Compliment Sandwiches: Why the compliment sandwich fails, and a clearer way to give feedback.
  11. Clear Expectations: How clear expectations lift motivation and performance.
Audience

Who should take this course

Who it's for

  • Experienced managers and heads of department
  • Leaders setting team objectives and OKRs
  • Managers developing teams over the long term
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  • 1 hour a fortnight, instead of half-day sessions

Getting every manager into a three-hour session was near impossible, so we flipped it: bite-sized lessons first, then one hour together every two weeks. Our managers now bring me solutions, not problems.

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LeadershipLeadership Development SaaS 83%

less leadership training time, from 24 hours to 4 hours a quarter

  • 100% voluntary retention
  • Zero drop-offs from the program

Switching to 5Mins cut our online training time from 24 hours to 4 per quarter, and our live sessions got better. We kept 100% voluntary retention and saw zero drop-offs.

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  • 2 weeks between modules, instead of a month

5Mins was the missing piece in our global HR program. Releasing a module every two weeks instead of every month cut the program from five months to just under three, without losing quality.

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Questions about Strategic Performance Management training

How long is the Strategic Performance Management course?

It's made up of 11 microlessons, each under 5 minutes, plus a multiple-choice question and a short written task. Learners can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few days, and 5Mins sends reminders until it is done.

How are learners assessed?

The course ends with a multiple-choice question on developing and using KPIs and a short written task: writing an OKR for your team.

What does the course cover?

Aligning objectives with strategy, involving the team, clear expectations, owning mistakes, high-performing teams, fair performance reviews, poor performance, autonomy and feedback.

Who should take Strategic Performance Management training?

Experienced managers, heads of department and leaders who set team objectives and develop teams over time.

Can I try the course first?

Yes. Request a free sample lesson and book a short demo with our team. After your demo, we'll share sample lessons with you so you can see the format for yourself.

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