Do you need to launch a performance review but don’t have the forms? Or do you have the forms, but managers fill them out half-heartedly, and employees aren’t getting useful feedback?

95% of managers are dissatisfied with the traditional evaluation process. 30% of reviews reduce, rather than improve, performance. The problem isn’t with the people—it’s with the forms.

This Playbook is different.
In just 3 sessions, you’ll create a set of 12 performance review forms for any situation, gain access to a library of 170+ ready-made phrases, and launch a review cycle in your company with a clear timeline, roles, and metrics.
Sound familiar?
⏱ Managers fill out performance review forms just 5 minutes before the deadline—using generic phrases with no specifics. Is this useless for the employee?
📄 Performance review forms haven’t changed in 5 years—do they fail to reflect the company’s actual competencies and goals?
🎲 Ratings are assigned arbitrarily—there’s no calibration, and employees consider the evaluation unfair?
🧩 The same form for everyone—from interns to directors, from salespeople to developers?
📉 Nothing happens after the review—the forms end up in a drawer instead of turning into development plans?

In this course, you’ll get ready-made solutions to these problems!
The problem isn’t with managers or employees.
The problem is with the forms. A bad form guarantees a superficial process. The right form makes the review useful, fast, and fair.

🧰 What you’ll gain from the training course on creating employee evaluation forms

📋 12 form templates for Performance Review

Annual, quarterly, probation (30-60-90), 360-degree, self-assessment, manager review, peer review, project-based, leadership, sales, technical and simplified — a form for every situation in your company

Format: Excel 📈
📝 A library of over 170 ready-made phrases
10 key competencies × 5 rating levels—ranging from “significantly below expectations” to “exceptional.” Copy them into the forms—don’t start from scratch

Format: Excel 📈
🎤 Script for an employee review meeting
A step-by-step guide to a 45-minute conversation. Verbatim phrases for challenging situations: disagreeing with a rating, emotional reactions, requesting a raise

Format:Word 📘
✅ Performance Review Process Maturity Checklist
15 questions rated on a scale of 1 to 5. Take 10 minutes to complete the survey and see where your process is breaking down

Format: Excel 📈
📅 Annual review cycle calendar
When to set goals, when to conduct self-assessments, when to conduct managerial evaluations, when to perform calibration, and when to hold meetings. Including roles and deadlines for each stage

Format: Excel 📈
📊Performance Review Dashboard metric
Completion rate, rating distribution, calibration drift, review-to-promotion correlation, impact on engagement. Formulas and benchmarks

Format: Excel 📈

This Performance Review Playbook is for:

People Operations /
HR Ops
You're building an HR infrastructure and want to create a scalable review process with metrics and automation
HR Business Partner
You manage several teams and need different evaluation methods—for sales, tech, leadership, and new hires
HR Director /
Head of People
You're launching or relaunching a performance review system at your company and need a complete set of forms that can be implemented within a week
HR Generalist
You're in charge of performance reviews, but the current forms aren't working—managers are complaining, and employees don't see the value in them
HR-consultant
You're implementing a performance review system for your clients and need a professional toolkit—forms, scripts, and metrics

Course outline on employee evaluation:
3 steps—from assessment to action plan

📘 Online recording course by Mike Pritula
Classes are posted once a week with homework, 3 classes in total
🗂 Homework check
📄 Diploma after the course
✳️ Recorded class. Step 1: Diagnosis ⬇️
Why Performance Reviews Matter—and Why Your Forms Aren’t Working

· What is a performance review form, and how does it differ from 1-on-1s, check-ins, and continuous feedback?
· Why the review process fails in 95% of companies: 5 common mistakes in forms
· The right approach: the Goals + Competencies + Development framework
· What businesses lose without a functioning review process: statistics and case studies
· Quick assessment: diagnose your review process in 10 minutes

🧰 Tools: Performance review process maturity checklist (15 items, 1–5 point scale)
Result: You’ll see where your review process is breaking down and understand what to fix first
✳️ Recorded class. Step 2: Creating a checklist ⬇️
Creating Performance Review Forms: 12 Templates for Every Situation

· The Anatomy of the Perfect Review Form: 6 Essential Sections
· Demonstration: A Step-by-Step Guide to Filling Out an Annual Review Form for a Real Employee
· 12 types of forms and when to use each one
· Rating scales: 3-point vs. 5-point vs. no rating
· Library of 170+ ready-made competency phrases
· Review meeting script: verbatim phrases for difficult situations
· 3 AI prompts for automating form creation

🧰 Tools: 12 form templates (Excel) + Library of 170+ phrases (Excel) + Review meeting script (Word)
Result: A completed review form for a real employee + a set of templates for all situations
✳️ Recorded class. Step 3: Implementation ☑️
From Form to System: Implementing the Performance Review Cycle

· The role of reviews in the HR cycle: links to goal setting, compensation, PDP, and succession planning
· RACI matrix: who is responsible for what during implementation
· Annual review cycle calendar with deadlines
· Rating calibration: why and how to conduct it
· Metrics dashboard with formulas and benchmarks
· Manager training: 60-minute session program
· Performance review ROI: formula + calculation example
· 6-month implementation roadmap

🧰 Tools: Annual calendar (Excel) + Metrics dashboard (Excel) + Implementation roadmap (Excel)
Result: A ready-to-use plan for launching the review cycle: calendar, roles, metrics, budget, and arguments for management
Example of a result
This is what the completed performance review form looks like. You’ll have one just like this after the course—filled out for an actual employee at your company.
Course fee
We've created affordable packages—choose the one that's right for you and start your journey with Mike Pritula
Standard - One course
$500
per 1 participant per year

How a course is taught

1
Webinar recording
You watch the recorded sessions at your own pace and study the material. We open 1 lesson per week
2
Homework with verification by the course author
Each webinar has a practical task that you must do to get a diploma
3
Case studies of participants
We communicate in Telegram chat and discuss participants' cases
4
Getting a diploma
Students who successfully complete the course assignments will receive a diploma at the end of the course
Diploma of HR Professional after completing the course
So coveted and valuable
  • Integrates into Linkedin and HH profiles
  • Each diploma has a unique code
  • QR code on the diploma leads to the online version
  • Impossible to forge
  • Issued on a certified Accredible platform (the same place where Rosetta Stone, Google, Udacity, Kaplan University and others issue certificates), look at an example

The course is taught by Mike Pritula, creator of the Preply HR system. 🦄

  • Founder of Mike Pritula Academy and PapaHR AI software
  • Built Preply's HR system on its way to a $1.2 billion valuation
  • Winner of two YouTube Silver Play Buttons for the largest HR channels on the platform
  • 20 years in HR at Wargaming, Preply, iDeals, Starlightmedia, Alfa-Bank, and PeopleForce
  • Implemented over 50 HR projects
  • Formed 4 HR teams in different businesses
  • Top 10 best HR professionals in Eastern Europe
  • Engaged in online training since 2010
  • HRCI representative in the CIS, preparing for SHRM certification
  • Holder of PHRi, SHRM-CP, and HCI sHRBP certifications
  • Launched HRCI certification preparation courses in 10+ countries
  • Trained over 150,000 HR professionals and managers
  • Author of the HR competency model
  • Author of the most comprehensive HR audit checklist
  • HR Person of the Year in several European countries
  • Over 100 published articles and presentations
  • Over 5 million article views
  • Author of the books "Resume for a Million" and "AI in HR"

👨‍🎓150'000 students

That's exactly how many participants have taken our courses since 2012
🌍 185 countries

USA, India, Spain, France, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and others
📚 155+ courses

For HR, recruiters, executives and business people
🗣️ 30 languages

We train in different languages and make HR more accessible

What you will gain from the course

  • Intensive course work
    On the course you are not a passive listener, but actively participate in online chat during the class, in Telegram chat between classes, as well as practicing all the knowledge gained and get feedback from the author of the course
  • Tools
    You will get a large variety of proven tools that the author has tested in a wide variety of companies, many of which were developed personally, as well as examples from top companies
  • Ready-made solutions
    You will not need to develop all the solutions yourself. You will immediately receive ready-made solutions based on the "Take and Do" principle. Your task will only be to adapt all the tools you receive to your company
  • Examples
    We'll have plenty of examples and case studies from companies in a wide variety of industries on how they solved business challenges with HR tools. You will surely find many ideas for yourself
  • Homework
    In your homework assignments, you will customize all the tools and solutions for your business, and the course author will personally check how you did.
  • Private chat
    All students are added to a closed Telegram chat where they can ask questions and get help, share experiences, find like-minded people and friends.
CONVENIENT STUDENT ACCOUNT

Training on the course: recorded classes, practice and support

All resources: webinar recordings, presentations, supplementary materials, are stored in your personal account.

For communication and support, all participants communicate in a dedicated Telegram chat room.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions (Q&A)

Performance Review Form — This is a structured document used to evaluate an employee’s performance over a specific period. It includes sections on goal achievement, competency assessment, self-assessment, a development plan, and a final rating. A well-designed form transforms the review from a mere formality into a tool for employee development and retention.
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