Document pack

Performance Management Pack

A PIP is not a performance management tool. It's an admission that performance hasn't been managed. This pack starts before it gets that far — with coaching tools, honest conversation guides, and a leaders' guide that tells it straight — and gives you the formal process as a backstop, not a first resort.

Coaching-first

Built around the principle that good managers address performance continuously — not through a formal process when it's already gone wrong.

Plain English

Clear, direct language that managers can actually use. No HR jargon, no weasel words.

ACAS-aligned

The formal documents follow ACAS guidance and ERA 2025 requirements throughout.

Customised to you

All documents pre-filled with your company name, contacts and policy choices.

What's included (17 customised documents)

Foundation

  • 📄 How to Use This Pack
  • 📄 Performance Management Policy
  • 📄 Leaders' Guide (9 sections, case law references)

Coaching Tools

  • 📄 Continue & Begin® Coaching Reference Card
  • 📄 1:1 Meeting Record
  • 📄 Performance Conversation Record
  • 📄 Objective Setting Template (SMART)
  • 📄 Development Plan Template

Formal Process

  • 📄 Capability Dismissal Guidance Note
  • 📄 Invitation to Performance Review Meeting
  • 📄 Performance Improvement Plan Template
  • 📄 PIP Review Meeting Record
  • 📄 Outcome Letter: Performance Improved
  • 📄 Outcome Letter: Performance Not Improved
  • 📄 Invitation to Capability Hearing
  • 📄 Capability Hearing Outcome Letter
  • 📄 Appeal Outcome Letter

Presentation

  • 📊 Honest Conversations — 30-minute manager session deck
  • 🔒 Secure payment via Stripe
  • Written by a Chartered FCIPD professional
  • Instant download after customisation

Need help with a live performance situation?

If you need hands-on support with a capability process, manager coaching, or a difficult conversation that's already in progress, get in touch.