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Avoided Conversations
Managers avoid difficult performance conversations until issues turn into major emergencies.
Small Cohort Program • Max 6 Managers
Get your managers ready for year-end reviews.
Practical coaching that helps managers give clear, fair feedback and hold the hard conversations they've been avoiding.
Review season is when weak manager skills show up: vague feedback, avoided conversations, and frustrated employees. VLP Solutions helps managers prepare for and deliver performance reviews with confidence, using a simple, proven process built on 20 years of leadership and HR experience. We're opening a small beta group this fall at a reduced rate in exchange for your feedback.
4 Weeks
1 Session / Wk
110 Mins
Live Facilitated
Max 6 Managers / Cohort
7 Tools
Permanent Toolkit
Veteran-Certified & PMP/Six Sigma
Cohort Format
Virtual or in-person. Practical, interactive, and built for real managers.
Practical • Interactive • Built for Real Managers
A focused system that fits the work managers already have to do.
No multi-day offsites that pull leaders away from work. Just 110 minutes a week of practice, framework application, and live feedback.
Built From Real-World Experience
Grounded in corporate, military, government, and small business team management.
What Changes
Managers leave with a repeatable way to address performance issues before they become HR emergencies.
Manager Performance Accelerator
Does this sound familiar?
Most performance breakdowns are not caused by bad intention—they happen because managers lack a simple, repeatable framework for uncomfortable conversations.
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Endless Coaching
Managers keep coaching for months without knowing when it is time to take formal corrective action.
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Unclear Expectations
Employees are not clear about exact performance expectations, goals, or true accountability.
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HR Escalations
HR gets pulled into team friction that could have been resolved earlier at the manager level.
What Managers Learn to Master
Replace guesswork with five tactical capabilities.
The program gives every team leader a practical way to operate with clarity, accountability, and better judgment.
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Clear & Timely Feedback
Give actionable feedback immediately so employees know where they stand.
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Set & Follow Through Accountability
Set firm expectations and measure follow-through consistently every week.
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Know the Limits of Coaching
Know exactly when to coach—and when coaching alone is not enough.
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Constructive Impact Conversations
Address uncomfortable performance issues directly without damaging trust.
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HR Alignment, Action & PIP
Properly document gaps and transition smoothly to formal action when needed.
A 4-Week System for Managing Performance
From recognizing gaps to lasting accountability.
Over four weeks, managers move from recognizing gaps to mastering conversations, documentation, and lasting accountability.
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Recognize & Address Performance Problems
Identify actual performance gaps, distinguish skill, will, and resource issues, and address problems before annual review time.
- Skill vs. Will vs. Resource
- Gap Diagnostic Tool
- Early Intervention
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Have the Difficult Conversation
Give clear feedback, set unambiguous expectations, handle employee defensiveness, and ensure everyone leaves aligned.
- CLEAR Framework
- Handling Defensiveness
- Conversation Planner
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Coach, Document, or Escalate?
Learn when continued coaching makes sense—and when it does not. Build skills in documentation, accountability, and PIP readiness.
- Response Matrix
- PIP Readiness Checklist
- HR Alignment
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Make Performance Management Stick
Strengthen follow-up, accountability, and measurement while avoiding common manager pitfalls and building team consistency.
- Accountability Action Plan
- Long-term Metrics
- Preventing Relapse
Training Ends. The Tools Stay.
A practical toolkit managers can use long after the program ends.
Every manager leaves with a repeatable system for future performance conversations, documentation, and accountability.
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Performance Gap Diagnostic
Pinpoint whether the issue is skill, will, or resources.
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CLEAR Conversation Framework
Deliver direct feedback with a structured five-step script.
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Difficult Conversation Planner
Organize facts, expectations, and next steps before the meeting.
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Performance Response Matrix
Decide whether to coach, document, or escalate.
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Performance Conversation Record
Keep an HR-aligned record of goals, deadlines, and commitments.
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PIP Readiness Checklist
Verify coaching and documentation steps before formal action.
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Accountability Action Plan
Build follow-up into weekly routines so improvements last.
Ready to Build More Confident Managers?
Set up a cohort for your leadership team.
Talk with VLP Solutions about format, start dates, and organizational alignment.