But there are ways to curb supervisors’ unwillingness to step up to the plate - ways that could help your organization streamline the appraisal process while maximizing output.

Order this in-depth 90-minute audio conference recording detailing how to train your supervisors on conducting performance reviews that yield positive results. We’ll outline how to motivate your supervisors to foster your organization’s vision and how to train them on effectively communicating with workers before, during, and after their reviews.

Our experts – both experienced compensation experts – will explain how performance reviews can:

• Show employees how their daily efforts support the organization’s strategy, increasing employee engagement and retention
• Boost employee productivity as part of your overall business strategy
• Create positive changes in employee performance
• Become an integrated part of your regular processes through the use of self-appraisals and consistent performance tracking

Melanie Curtis is the director of Organization and Leadership Development at Express Scripts (ESI), a Fortune 200 company. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Missouri – St. Louis and her master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology from Southern Illinois University. In her role, she leads a group of internal consultants focused on providing expertise in change management, survey analysis and action planning, performance improvement, organization design, employee and leadership development, and succession planning. She has spoken at local and national conferences regarding how leaders can create alignment within an organization and how to sustain change initiatives. Before joining ESI, Curtis worked for a number of years in the utility industry, banking and insurance fields and as an independent external consultant.

Tiffani Cage is an organizational development (OD) consultant with five years’ HR and business consulting experience within various industries. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at Saint Louis University and completed her master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology at Southern Illinois University. Cage is currently employed at Express Scripts as an OD consultant and is responsible for development and implementation of the corporate performance management system. Her performance management experience includes the development and implementation of organizational and individual goal alignment, competency models and behavioral dictionaries, as well as Web-based performance management forms, training, tools, and resources.

Approved for Recertification Credit

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI home page at www.hrci.org.

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