Performance management shouldn’t feel like judgment day. Yet in many organizations, annual reviews have become high-stakes, backward-looking conversations that create anxiety instead of alignment. When feedback, goal-setting, and recognition only happen once a year, performance suffers… and motivation fades.

Beyond the Annual Review is a practical, mindset-shifting experience that redefines performance management as a steady, human rhythm… not a once-a-year event. Built around the STRIDE framework, this course helps leaders move beyond check-the-box reviews and create ongoing clarity, accountability, and growth through meaningful 1:1s and monthly performance touchpoints.

Participants will learn how to set clear expectations, track progress consistently, remove roadblocks early, develop skills intentionally, drive motivation, and elevate success throughout the year. The result is a performance management approach that feels fair, motivating, and focused on helping people succeed today… while preparing them for what’s next.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Distinguish between performance management for today’s expectations and development planning for future roles.

• Apply the STRIDE framework to create a clear, consistent rhythm for managing performance throughout the year.

• Improve or redesign the annual review so it is fair, accurate, and grounded in ongoing performance conversations.

• Set and reinforce clear expectations that define what success looks like… long before review time.

• Use 1:1s and monthly performance touchpoints to track progress, remove roadblocks, and strengthen alignment.

• Drive motivation and elevate success by recognizing effort, developing abilities, and connecting work to purpose.