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University of California, Davis

Setting Expectations & Assessing Performance Issues

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there. One of the most important roles of a manager is to ensure everyone knows the destination. The most effective managers set expectations and assess their employees’ performance against those expectations, and take a coaching approach to helping them get to the destination. That’s exactly what you’ll learn to do in this course! You will explore how to collaboratively develop expectations with those you lead. When you encounter expectations that are not being met, you’ll learn how to use "Coaching Algebra" to determine the underlying issues that are impeding performance, and how to respond as a manger-coach. We look forward to you joining us as we explore these essential coaching topics!

Status: Performance Improvement
Status: Performance Analysis
Course11 hours

Featured reviews

MB

5.0Reviewed Sep 26, 2021

Amazing course with great instructor. Topics are discussed in a very relatable manner. Thank you Coursera.

NS

5.0Reviewed Dec 19, 2024

Fantastic content, well-presented and quality assessments that if you actually do them, really teach you a lot.

PS

5.0Reviewed May 2, 2018

Really this course was excellent, how we have to assess performance issues of our team members was explained well. i am implementing in my organization.

AC

5.0Reviewed Apr 26, 2020

Excellent content and outstanding Professor. Kris just makes you enjoy the coaching challenges!!!

PM

5.0Reviewed Dec 9, 2018

Useful theory and practices how to set expectation, work with a team, evaluate the team and mainly improve the team. I would recommend it to all line managers and team leaders.

CC

5.0Reviewed Jun 7, 2023

El curso está estructurado adecuadamente para fomentar la comprensión. Además, el hilo conductor de los contenidos es claro. La instructora es clara y concreta en sus ideas y conceptos.

GC

5.0Reviewed Apr 13, 2020

This course is very practical. It is not only beneficial for managers, but also staff with lower grades.

M

5.0Reviewed Nov 13, 2020

Very informative, practical and helpful! Ideal for all newbie and seasoned managers and directors.

BO

5.0Reviewed May 4, 2020

Thanks for the training, giving insights to me about coaching and how to use its skills as a manager.

RM

5.0Reviewed Jan 7, 2017

The courses in this specialization keep on getting better and better. I believe that I have never had a better grounding in what coaching is than in this series.

VR

5.0Reviewed Oct 23, 2020

Excellent course! I didn´t know anything about coaching and now I have learned a lot of tools that will be extremely useful in my day-to-day job.

AS

5.0Reviewed Apr 1, 2020

The course content is interesting, relevant and empowers me to better assess and address performance issues in my team.

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