Welcome
Aims of the Workshop
The overall aim of this workshop is for
delegates to develop skills and
techniques to enable them to carry out
effective staff review meetings
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Introductions
Who you are
 What you do
 Your experience of reviews
 What do you want to gain from this
workshop
 One good thing and one not so good
thing about reviews
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A review meeting is as good as
the reviewer. It is your
responsibility to ensure that
you use your skills to make
the review as effective as
possible
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Our University’s Review Process
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Review Skills
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In small groups identify what you
consider to be the key skills required to
conduct an effective review meeting
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Key Skills
Questioning
 Listening
 Giving feedback
 Gaining agreement
 Committing to actions
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Questioning
Think about the film and consider:
 The types of question asked, and
 What made the questions effective
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Feedback
Think of a time when you have received
effective feedback.
What made it effective?
 How did you feel about receiving the
feedback?
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Golden Rules of Feedback
Feedback should be:
 Specific
 About something that you have
witnessed
 Be owned by you (I statement)
 About something that can be changed
 Given as soon after the event as
possible
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Commitment to Actions
Objectives should be:
 S pecific
 M easurable
 Achievable and agreed
 R ealistic
 T imebound
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Activity
In small groups
Consider what particular issues might
arise in the reviews that you will be
carrying out
 Discuss how you might handle these in
an effective way
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Over to you……….
Write the reviewer’s brief
2. Prepare to conduct your review (decide what
you want to achieve, frame questions,
decide agenda etc)
3. Brief your team member
4. Practice review meeting
5. Feedback in small group
6. Swap roles
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Group Feedback
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What went well?
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What did you do differently/better after
reflection?
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What were your key learning points?
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Review
Have your objectives been met?
 How confident do you feel about conducting
a review?
 Identify your key learning points from today
 What further support/information do you
need?
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