Live workshopLeadership Development training for teams
Employee Motivation and Performance Management
- Built around your actual work
- Live online, or on-site by request
- Training careers nationwide since 2006
Workshop brief
Employee Motivation and Performance Management
- Duration
- 1 Day (8 hrs; two 4-hr sessions)
- Tuition
- $495.00per participant; team and private pricing by quote
- Delivery
- Live onlineOn-site, in person, by request
- Included
- Certificate of completionFor every participant
The performance review was a surprise. That is the failure.
Almost every serious performance problem was visible months before anyone named it. The manager noticed, hoped it would resolve, waited for the review, and by then the employee had a reasonable case that nobody had told them. That delay is the single most expensive habit in management.
This workshop is about closing that gap. Not the annual process, which most organizations already have, but the daily practice underneath it: naming a problem early, being specific enough to be actionable, and following up in a way that either fixes it or builds a clean record.
HR leaders use this where performance issues arrive late, escalate fast, and consume disproportionate time. Senior leaders use it where review ratings do not match reality, or where good people leave because nobody ever told them they were doing well either. Motivation gets equal weight here, because the same manager who avoids the hard conversation usually skips the recognition too. This is the performance-specific counterpart to Effective Managerial Leadership.
Content, scenarios, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other leadership development workshops.
Why teams book DWC
- Content, datasets, and examples built around your work before delivery
- Live online with a real instructor, or on-site at your location
- Invoicing and purchase order documentation for your organization
What your team gets
This course includes
- Live, instructor led workshop delivered in two 4-hour sessions
- Practice conversations drawn from real performance situations
- Frameworks for diagnosing behavior, skill, and systems problems
- Guidance on factual, non-adversarial documentation
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Course outline
How the workshop runs
Every session is live with a real instructor, and the exercises are built around your team's work.
The day opens on expectations, because a performance conversation without them is just an opinion. Participants learn to define what good looks like in terms an employee could actually verify, distinguish a behavior problem from a skill problem from a systems problem, and recognize which of the three they are actually looking at. Most performance issues are misdiagnosed at this stage.
The middle is the conversation nobody wants. Participants practice raising a problem early, staying specific, and separating the behavior from the person. They work on hearing the reason without accepting the excuse, agreeing on something concrete, and following up on the date they said they would. They also practice documentation that is factual rather than adversarial, which is what protects both sides.
The last stretch is motivation, treated as a practical question rather than a theory. Participants learn to find out what actually drives a specific person instead of assuming, deliver recognition that lands, and understand why the same incentive produces different results across a team. Scenarios come from real performance situations.
Outcomes
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Define what good looks like in terms an employee can verify
- Tell a behavior problem from a skill problem from a systems problem
- Raise a performance concern while it is still small
- Stay specific and separate the behavior from the person
- Document factually without turning the conversation adversarial
- Find out what actually motivates a specific person rather than assuming
- Deliver recognition that lands and follow up when you said you would
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It is designed for people who currently supervise others. Managers who also need the broader foundations of the role can pair it with Effective Managerial Leadership.
Format
Online for most groups; on-site delivery by request.
Dates and options
Join a public session or book your teamBook this workshop for your team
Public sessions
Train your team privately
Schedule this workshop for your team, live online or on-site, with content built around your work. Tell us your group size, goals, and target dates.
How team training works
From first call to trained team
- 20,000+Participants trained
- 90%Completion rate
- 1,500+Organizations served
Scope it
A short call about your team, your tools, and what needs to change after the session.
Customize it
Your instructor builds examples, exercises, and datasets around your actual work before delivery.
Deliver it live
Live online for most groups, or on-site at your location, scheduled around your team.
Make it stick
Every participant leaves with reference materials and a certificate of completion.
Pricing
Tuition and ways to buy
$495.00 per participant
Employee Motivation and Performance Management is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $495 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.
- Per participant
Enroll a few employees at the per-participant rate.
- Private team session
Your group only, built around your data, tools, and schedule.
- Invoice your organization
DWC invoices your company directly and provides purchase order documentation.
- Multi-workshop programs
Combine workshops into a series for a department or a cohort of new managers.
Leadership Development training
Leadership training for managers and emerging leaders
Most managers were promoted for being good at the work, not for leading people who do it. DWC leadership training gives new and experienced managers practical tools for motivating and managing performance, leading change, improving processes, and developing the next generation of leaders through talent management and succession planning.
Workshops are built around your organization's real situations before delivery, and they combine well into a leadership development series for a cohort of new managers.
Can you customize this workshop for our team?
Yes. Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery, so participants practice on the files, tools, and situations they deal with every day.
Is the training online or on-site?
Most groups train live online with a real instructor. On-site, in-person delivery is available by request.
Is there a minimum group size?
Most workshops booked for a team have a three participant minimum, and the Tuition section on each workshop page lists its exact terms. One-on-one sessions and smaller groups are priced case by case, and larger groups are quoted based on group size, schedule, and delivery format.
Is this training for new managers or experienced leaders?
Both. Workshops range from managerial leadership for new supervisors to leading change, talent management, and succession planning for experienced leaders.
Can leadership workshops be combined into a program?
Yes. Many organizations combine several workshops into a leadership development series for a cohort of managers, scheduled around their work.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, along with digital learning materials and take-home reference guides.
Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes. DWC invoices your organization directly and provides purchase order documentation.
Can individual employees join a public session?
When a workshop has public dates, they appear in the Dates section of this page with a registration button. If none are listed, request a quote and we will share your options.
Bring this workshop to your team
Tell us about your group and your goals. A training advisor follows up within one business day with options and pricing.