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Performance management for leaders: Goals, okrs and accountability

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for managers. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

By Dave Bui

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Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 8 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Performance management for leaders: Goals, okrs and accountability course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: The performance cycle · 7 min

    Before you begin · Review season surprise · What would have helped?

  • Lesson 2: Setting goals that work · 7 min

    SMART in plain terms · Objectives and key results · Check

  • Lesson 3: Check-ins and feedback · 7 min

    Keep goals alive · Evidence · Try it

  • Lesson 4: Grey areas: fairness, bias and slipping performance · 7 min

    Common rating biases · What would you do? · Check

  • Lesson 5: The review conversation · 7 min

    Structure · After the review · Try it

  • Lesson 6: Your performance plan and the final assessment · 5 min

    Next steps · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

Before each goal-setting or appraisal cycle.

Managers who set goals, run appraisals and hold people accountable; run by L&D with HR.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Who managers ask about people questions
  • Link to your people policies
  • The confidential route for raising a conduct or safety concern
  • Link to the next course in your leadership path
  • Where course completions are recorded
  • Link to the self-paced course
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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