ImproMed Inc. of Oshkosh, Wis., will sponsor a four-part human resources webinar series beginning July 15. “Performance Management” will run consecutive Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. CST through Aug. 5. Participants will be eligible for four RACE-approved continuing education credits. Host Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR from interface Veterinary HR Systems LLC, will focus on the following topics: The Performance Management Cycle—How to Get Your Team to Do Their Job; The First Building Blocks—Mission, Policy Manual and Job Descriptions; Taking it to the Next Level—Training People and Evaluating Performance; and Endings and Beginnings—Progressive Discipline, Effective Termination and Recruiting New Hires “In my series, I will be showing how to utilize your company’s mission to the fullest, and how to weave this vision into the building blocks of human resources and specifically performance management,” Dobbs said. “I will also detail the necessary components of a good job description delving into the issue that job descriptions are so much more than a list of duties, the importance of coaching, counseling and feedback, performance evaluations and the significance of documentation.” ImproMed clients can register here. Non-customers can register here. Read Katherine Dobbs weekly staff blog, "Staff Safari," on VeterinaryPracticeNews.com. <HOME>