Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): Fix or Exit with Clarity

Manager guiding an employee through a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) with coaching and clarity

Key takeaways The Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is part of theMonday Simon Manager Development Program:👉 Module 5: Performance management for managers Here is the situation: you hired what you think was a competent person. You have coached, used FIAC Feedback, and you have deployed the GROW coaching model. But here you are, still dealing with … Lire plus

How to Use SMART Goals to Increase Productivity

SMART Goals framework for managers – how to set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound objectives

Key takeaways How to set SMART goals is part of Monday Simon Manager Development Program:👉 Module 2: Goal setting for managers👉 Module 5: Performance management in practice Your team needs to know exactly what winning looks like. You need a system that defines accountability upfront. You set this system by setting SMART Goals. What are … Lire plus

How to hire with the STAR interview method

Diagram of the STAR interview method showing Situation, Task, Action, and Result steps for effective hiring and coaching – Monday Simon

Key takeaways The STAR interview method is part of Monday Simon Manager Development Program:👉 Module 6: Recruitment in practice During an interview, the hiring manager’s main job is to identify past behavior patterns and make sense of them to predict future performance. That means your approach must be factual, not based on assumptions. Most hiring … Lire plus

What Type of Manager Are You? Stop Guessing and Start Leading

Cartoon illustration showing four manager types — Micromanager, Empowering Manager, Absent Manager, and Coach — representing different management styles from the article What Type of Manager Are You on Monday Simon.

Key takeaways What type of manager are you? There are many articles that define what the different manager types ie the World Economic Forum’s 7 types of managers. Here I identify your manager’s style’s worst enemy. Managers often fall into recurring traps, patterns that shape their leadership without them even noticing. Before you can fix … Lire plus

Manager tools: ChatGPT for feedback conversations

Screenshot of the ChatGPT for Feedback Conversations tool by Monday Simon showing scenarios that help managers handle difficult employee reactions during feedback discussions.

Key takeaways 👉 Try my ChatGPT for feedback conversations Stop wasting time on conversations that don’t land. Your time as a manager is limited, so you need a system that helps you prepare for the tough moments so you can deliver clear, actionable feedback without the drama. That’s why I built a specific tool: ChatGPT … Lire plus

Manager tools: ChatGPT for Competencies

Screenshot of the ChatGPT for Competencies tool by Monday Simon showing the Career Path Competency Mapper for identifying missing skills and defining progression levels.

Key takeaways 👉 Try my ChatGPT for competencies here I built this ChatGPT for Competencies to help define relevant behaviors and skills that actually drive performance at every level of a role. The idea behind it is to link skills directly to business results (as well as job roles) and use them to strategically build … Lire plus

Manager tools: ChatGPT for One-on-One Meetings

Screenshot of the ChatGPT for One-on-One Meetings tool by Monday Simon showing coaching prompts for managers to prepare one-on-one discussions.

Key takeaways 👉 Try my ChatGPT one-on-one meetings One-on-ones are the single most important mechanism you have for performance management and developing talent. They should be laser-focused on roadblocks, growth, and feedback. That’s why I built a specific tool: ChatGPT for One-on-One Meetings. It’s a prep assistant that helps you translate the noise of the … Lire plus

Manager tools: ChatGPT for job descriptions

Screenshot of the ChatGPT for job descriptions tool by Monday Simon showing how managers can generate clear, competency-based job descriptions.

Key takeaways 👉 Try my ChatGPT for job descriptions Your job descriptions are supposed to be your first, best tool for setting expectations. That’s why I built the ChatGPT for job descriptions designed for busy managers. It helps to cut through the BS and gives you a JD that’s immediately useful for hiring, goal setting, … Lire plus

Manager tools: ChatGPT for KPIs, OKRs, and IDPs

Screenshot of the ChatGPT for KPIs, OKRs and IDPs tool by Monday Simon showing goal-setting options for managers.

Key takeaways 👉 Try my ChatGPT for KPIs, OKRs and IDPs Too often I see managers trapped in a goal-setting dilemma that kills focus. The typical framework pushes them to choose between two unhelpful extremes: setting overly ambitious, wide-ranging goals that feel disconnected from day-to-day reality, or defaulting to a list of hyper-specific, narrow tasks. … Lire plus