Performance Management: Observing a Line Manager's Review Meeting

This report provides an analysis of a performance review meeting conducted by a line manager. The report observes the line manager's preparation, including setting the meeting's purpose and establishing a positive environment. It highlights the manager's communication and leadership skills, emphasizing the importance of employee motivation, participation, and ownership. The analysis covers various aspects of the meeting, such as ensuring a suitable environment, establishing rapport, and dealing with sensitive issues. The report also focuses on how the manager effectively communicates, provides feedback, and encourages team member participation. The meeting's conclusion is examined, along with suggestions for improvement, such as fostering employee motivation through training and development. References from books and journals are included to support the analysis.

Performance
Management

Notes from observing line manager conducting a performance review
Review meeting aspect How competence was demonstrated
Preparation for the meeting The line manager prepared the meeting in a very effective manner by
stating the purpose of the meeting. He is focusing on the meeting to
review the performance of his employees and effectively telling about
his strategies which is necessary for the organization in order to achieve
its objectives with a great success. In this meeting he is discussing the
priorities which is very good and necessary for the employees who are
working for the organization and he is motivating the employees who are
under work. He is great with his communication skills to guide his
employees and as he has also a good leadership skills through he is
motivating their employees to work hard for the next coming months.
Ensuring a suitable
environment for the meeting
The line manager involves and put attention on each and every member
so that every member can be able to understand his concern about
performance review. He is creating a positive environment which is
influential to his employees. The manager ask questions to his
employees about their queries, problems which they are facing in the
organization and in their work. The environment is very transparent in
which he is trying to building trust among the team members that if he is
lies about anything or upholding any data he can lose his trust among the
employees. The line manager also creates participation and attendance of
employees in order to achieve his reviews of make discussion for their
betterment.
Putting candidate at ease and
establishing rapport
As per the observation of the meeting the line manager involves each
and every member and make them feel comfortable during his whole
meeting process. He is making them open and to communicate with the
team so that the meeting purpose can be fulfilled. In his way of
conducting meeting he is trying to introduce his real side to his
employees and politely welcome their employees. In the meeting he is
trying to comfortable their employees by asking questions, straight
forward and in a forth right manner. But some employees are hesitate to
discuss the issues because they are new to the organization and afraid of
reaction come from his team leader.
Opening the meeting As it is a formal meeting about the performance review of his employees
he started in a formal manner like he said “hello” to everyone and also
thank each and every one for coming at his short notice period and
appreciate all the members in the meeting for attending which is very
appreciable. Later he does not take any delay in the meeting and started
with the purpose of the meeting that is the performance review of his
employees who is working hard for his company and who is making low
efforts. By giving them proper feedback and honest review he is try to
ensures his employees that they are in a good team leadership who
makes to realize about mistakes or where they are lacking which is also
good to create transparency between team.

Ensuring the team members
participation and ownership
When the line manager conducting a meeting the remaining and analyses
that it is very important for the line manager to encourage their workers
to take ownership in their work. The team members of the meeting invite
respondent and they understand and analyses the performance of their
line manager in order to participate in the meeting. The line manager
wants to share their vision so that they can engage more workers in order
to take ownership in their work. They also allowed the respondents to
share their opinion in order to set the Goals and about the planning
activities so the remaining applicants feel more valuable in the meeting
and provide their appropriate efforts
Communicating effectively When the line manager is conducting a meeting then he communicate
very effectively in order to provide appropriate information to their
candidates of the meeting. The line manager communicating with their
team in a very appropriate manner so that they can build the team and
boost the morale of their employee. When the line manager is
communicate with their team then it has been analyzed that devil trying
to get more opinion from their remaining candidates of the meeting in
order to get more opportunities and formulate strategies accordingly. The
main motive of the line manager to communicate effectively with their
team member so that they can increase their satisfaction of the
respondents of the meetings in order to make them feel valuable.
Dealing with difficult or
sensitive issues including team
members speaker performance
in some work areas
While conducting a meeting the line manager facing several difficult
regarding sensitive issue but the line manager is quite intelligent the find
the solution to their issue and acknowledge the problems and speak to
their team members about the problem. So that they can overcome the
difficulties which are facing by the team members and identify the
appropriate solution. In the meeting they Pay attention and take follow-
ups in order to identify about the remaining candidates opinion. They are
trying to listen their team members that what they are trying to share
about the situation. They analyses some external factors which create
impact on their issues and create several conflicts.
Agreeing performance
improvements and
development needs
From the performance review it has been analyzed that the line manager
should adopt soft spoken skills so that they can enhance the motivation
of their candidates and it is very required for them to listen there
respondents in order to get or bring more of opinion. It also has been
suggested to the line manager that they should understand the strategies
that motivate their candidates in order to achieve their long-term goals
and aspirations. Along with this it is advised to the line manager that
they should focus on their performance goals in order to develop them
together so that the line manager can build team work in the company
and improve their productivity.
Concluding the meeting From the all over the meeting when it's time to end up the meeting the
remaining respondent of the meetings and alive that the line manager has
amended communication skills in order to make their respondent and
candidates feel valuable. It has been also analyzed that they should
conduct some training and development programs in order to enhance

the moral of their respondents and achieve their goals and objectives.

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