From Probation to Performance

From Probation to Performance: building a high-performing team from day one
A practical workshop to help you use the first 6 months to set expectations, assess progress, and build a high-performing team.
About this event
The first 6 months of a new hire’s journey are one of your best opportunities to set the standard for performance.
You do not need a heavy HR process to do this well. But if probation is too informal, it can become harder to spot issues early, give useful feedback, or make a fair decision at the end.
This workshop will help you create a simple, structured probation process that supports better performance conversations from day one. We’ll focus on how to set clear expectations, run useful check-ins, document progress, and make sure both you and your new hire know where things stand.
With upcoming employment law changes making early performance management more important, now is a good time to make sure your probation process is clear, consistent, and fit for purpose.
We’ll cover
How to structure a 6-month probation process
How to set clear performance expectations from day one
What to cover at the 3-month check-in
Why the end-of-probation review should be pre-booked
How to use interview feedback to explore any remaining concerns
What to document without creating unnecessary admin
How to approach the decision to pass, extend, or end probation
Who this is for
This is for Founders if you’re hiring, scaling your team, or managing people without HR / People Ops function in place.
It will be useful if you want a probation process that helps you set a high bar, give clearer feedback, and make better people decisions early.
What you’ll leave with
You’ll leave with a simple probation structure you can adapt for your company, including:
A 6-month probation framework
A 3-month check-in structure
An end-of-probation review template
Prompts for setting expectations and tracking progress
This will be a small group workshop with practical guidance, discussion, and time for questions. Spaces are limited!