This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

You have an underperformer on your team, and the manager expects action this week. Too often a PIP is a formality before termination. Here are 290 tools to make it a real plan: 209 ready-to-use templates, procedures, question lists and checklists, 54 models and methods, 12 services shown on screen and 15 working files.

Open a lecture, take the PIP readiness checklist, and check your current case.

Why most PIPs fail

The cause is not diagnosed, goals are vague, the conversation is improvised, nobody tracks progress, and the employee hears only that termination is coming.

What changes after this course

The cause is diagnosed, goals are SMART, the conversation follows a script, progress is tracked weekly, and the decision at the end rests on evidence.

What is inside: 290 tools, counted lecture by lecture

You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.

• 54 downloadable resources: lecture presentations plus 15 working files, including a PIP readiness checklist, conversation scripts, a SMART goals library and a PIP dashboard
• 209 ready-to-use tools inside the presentations:
• 69 question lists and scripts: PIP delivery conversation script, PIP check-in conversation script, PIP resistance response scripts, employee coaching
• 40 step-by-step procedures: performance improvement process, PIP check-in meeting agenda, PIP implementation roadmap, six-step coaching conversation
• 39 templates and sample documents: performance improvement plan, PIP ROI calculator, weekly progress report, COIN feedback
• 28 checklists: constructive feedback, employee issue diagnosis, employee demotivation, development plan
• 15 scorecards, rubrics and matrices: PIP eligibility decisions, Skill-Will-System gap diagnosis, PIP support selection, PIP adaptation by employee category
• 8 ready AI prompts: underperformance diagnosis, PIP SMART goal generation, PIP personalization, PIP compliance analysis
• 6 formulas and metric sets, plus 4 other working tools: PIP metrics dashboard, production manager KPIs, PIP process calendar, feedback gap interview worksheet
• 54 models and methods explained with examples: SMART goals, Radical Candor, situational leadership, management by objectives (MBO)
• 12 services shown on screen, including PeopleForce, Google Forms, Bonusly, Slack and 15Five

Where the tools are

Building the PIP (3 sections, 31 tools). Diagnosis, SMART goals, the script, RACI, metrics and the roadmap.

Feedback and coaching (2 sections, 91 tools). Feedback conversations and coaching skills.

1:1s and appraisal (2 sections, 135 tools). 1:1 meetings and appraisal techniques.

Reviews and decisions (1 section, 65 tools). Performance reviews for diagnosis and decisions.

Who is teaching

I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.

At iDeals we built the people system very fast, and employees began to fear that all the new rules would lead to mass dismissals. So we said: nobody will be dismissed straight away, everyone who struggles first gets a performance improvement plan. The PIP did two jobs there: it raised performance and it lowered fear.

How to use the course

Start with building the PIP, then strengthen feedback, coaching, 1:1s and reviews. Section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.

What is included

• 43 lectures across 9 sections, 18 hours
• 54 downloadable resources: lecture presentations and 15 working files
• 290 tools across the lessons, including 12 services shown on screen
• A 10-question practice test, a quiz and a role-play exercise
• Lifetime access to all materials
• Active instructor support in the Q&A section
• A Udemy Certificate of Completion

Where to start

Write down the one employee whose performance worries you and the gap you see, then open the first section. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.