Watch the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Tutorial for Managers

Get your underperforming key person up to par or out the door in 90 days with low drama.

Make this next PIP your last.

A properly constructed PIP for your worst performer is actually the fastest and best way for you to boost the results of your whole team — regardless of whether the target of the PIP succeeds or fails.

Need help now? Let's talk.

~Thomas "The PIP Guy" Cox

A confused looking manager who wants help creating a performance improvement plan (PIP)

Help me to create a Key Person PIP

You have a key person underperforming.

You need to take corrective action.

We'll help you create a PIP while fixing your fundamentals -- so this PIP could be the last one you ever need.

A well-made PIP, aimed at your worst performer, boosts your team. Outcome of the PIP doesn't matter. It's the action that counts.

~Not Ernest Hemingway

Help! I've been put on a PIP (if you've been put on a PIP click here)

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Free Tools to Manage Performance

The tools I use to help managers create a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) are the same tools I use to help them manage team performance proactively -- so they never need to put anyone on a PIP. Sign up to get the complete selection of my tools, with explanations on how to use them.

You'll get:

“Role Excellence” Process
“Pillars of Trust” Infographic
“Documenting Behavior” Worksheet
“Performance Triplet Method” Sheet (including Measures and Thresholds)
Other tools as they are added

Get the Tools

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