Performance Review Season Is Coming
Performance Conversations That Actually Work
Give Your Managers the Tools—and the Words—to Navigate Performance Conversations With Greater Confidence
A practical, 2-hour manager training powered by Everything DiSC® Worksmart
Date/time: October 22 | 9–11 a.m. MT | Virtual
Are Your Managers Ready for the Conversation?
Performance conversations can be some of the most important conversations a manager leads—and some of the hardest.
Your managers may understand your performance management process, but do they feel equally prepared for the conversation?
How do they tell someone they're not meeting expectations? What happens when an employee disagrees? How do they balance being direct with being encouraging? And how do they make sure the conversation actually leads to better performance?
That's what this training is designed to help them do.
Introducing Everything DiSC Worksmart on Catalyst
TARA POWERS, CEO
Don't Just Prepare Managers for the Performance Review Process. Prepare Them for the Conversation.
In this highly practical two-hour experience, managers won't simply learn about effective feedback.
They'll use Everything DiSC® Worksmart to understand their own feedback tendencies, consider the needs of an actual employee, practice language for challenging performance situations, and develop a plan for a real conversation they need to have.
The Worksmart feedback experience introduces four important elements of constructive feedback—Direct, Encouraging, Receptive and Objective—and helps managers understand both their natural strengths and the areas where they may need to stretch.
This is not another performance management webinar.
Managers will leave having actually prepared for a conversation, built around:
Knowing their feedback strengths—and their blind spots
Preparing for the person, not just the review
Knowing what to say when the conversation gets difficult
Moving from evaluation to development
Building a plan for a real performance conversation
FIVE THINGS YOUR MANAGERS WILL LEARN
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Know Your Feedback Strengths—and Your Blind Spots
Every manager has a natural approach to feedback. Some are very direct. Others soften the message. Some lead with facts. Others naturally create dialogue. Worksmart helps managers identify their feedback "superpower" and understand when that strength is useful—and when they may need to stretch into a different approach. The goal isn't to change who they are. It's to expand how effectively they communicate.
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Prepare for the Person, Not Just the Review
One of the biggest mistakes managers make is preparing the message without preparing for the person receiving it. Using DiSC insights, managers learn to consider how an employee may prefer to receive feedback and how they can adapt their approach without changing the performance expectation. Same standard. Different delivery.
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Know What to Say When the Conversation Gets Difficult
What happens when an employee says, "I completely disagree," "That's not fair," or "Why am I just hearing about this now?" Managers will explore their own reactions to conflict and practice language that helps them stay clear, receptive and productive when emotions rise. Worksmart's conflict tools help managers recognize when their own instincts are kicking in and consciously decide whether those instincts will help—or whether they need to adapt.
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Move From Evaluation to Development
Great performance conversations shouldn't end with a rating. Managers will learn how to shift the conversation toward what's working and should continue, what needs to change, development priorities, greater ownership and empowerment, motivation and engagement, and clear expectations for what happens next. The goal: employees leave knowing not only how they performed, but where they're going next.
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Build a Plan for a REAL Performance Conversation
This is where learning turns into action. Managers will identify an actual employee and use Worksmart to receive personalized insights and tactics for delivering feedback to that individual. They'll create an action plan they can save and return to on Catalyst. No hypothetical case study. A real person. A real conversation. A real plan.
Everything DiSC® Workplace on Catalyst™: The Foundation
The Workplace assessment and learning experience uses the DiSC® model to help managers better understand themselves, appreciate different styles, and adapt to the needs of each person and situation they encounter.
Everything DiSC® Workplace on Catalyst is included as the foundation for this training, so every manager arrives with the self-awareness this program builds on.
What Managers Will Practice
During this interactive experience, managers will work with practical language they can immediately use.
When performance isn't meeting expectations: "I want to be clear about where I see a gap. The expectation is ____. What I'm currently seeing is ____. Let me give you a couple of examples."
When the employee disagrees: "I can see that we're looking at this differently. I'd like to understand your perspective first, and then I'll walk you through what led me to my assessment."
When it's time to look forward: "We've talked about where things stand today. Now I'd like us to focus on what will help you be even more successful going forward."
Managers won't just receive scripts. They'll learn when and how to adapt their language for different people.
PROGRAM DELIVERY
SPECIAL FALL 2026 OFFER
One Investment. Everything Included.
For $495 per manager, participants receive:
2-hour live Performance Conversations training
Everything DiSC® Workplace on Catalyst
Everything DiSC® Worksmart
Performance Conversation Playbook
Practical scripts and conversation starters
Personalized DiSC feedback insights
Strategies for navigating disagreement and difficult reactions
Development and follow-through questions
Personalized Worksmart action planning
Continued access to their Workplace and Worksmart resources on Catalyst
$495 Per Manager — All In
Have 15+ managers? Contact us about a private company cohort.
WHY WORKSMART?
Turn DiSC Awareness Into Action—Right When Managers Need It
Many of your managers may already know their DiSC style. Worksmart helps answer the more important question:
"Now, how do I use that awareness in this conversation with this person?"
Managers use Worksmart to prepare for individual team members, access personalized insights, and create action plans they can return to later. So the value doesn't end when the two-hour training does — Worksmart becomes an on-demand resource managers can keep using in the flow of work.
EMPOWER MANAGERS FOR SUCCESS
Why This Training, Why Now
Immediate, practical impact. Managers leave with a plan for a real conversation with a real employee — not another leadership concept.
A limited promotional window. Wiley's current pricing on Worksmart lets us offer both Workplace and Worksmart together for $495 per manager, all in.
Built around a real business need. Rather than purchasing another tool and hoping managers use it, we put the technology in their hands and teach them how to use it around performance conversations they're already having.
Ideal for: New Managers • Experienced Managers • Supervisors • People Leaders • High-Potential Leaders
This program can also stand alone as a practical addition to your organization's existing performance management or leadership development strategy.
Give Your Managers More Than a Performance Review Checklist.
Give Them the Confidence, Language and Tools to Have a Better Conversation.
Special Fall 2026 Manager Training | $495 per manager — everything included.
Oct. 22, 9-11 a.m. MT
REGISTER YOUR MANAGERS ⬇️
Have 15+ managers? Ask us about creating a private cohort for your organization.