The Performance Improvement Process

The 30-Day PIP Framework, Measurable Standards, & the Conversation Script

This is not a written warning. It’s a documented decision tool.

Three tools. Five hiring stages. One clear action plan.

  • Document three specific, dated examples of the performance gap — facts, not feelings.
  • Define what “meeting the standard” actually looks like, in writing, before the conversation.
  • Set the check-in schedule that keeps the plan alive past week one.
  • Use the script to open the hard conversation without softening it into nothing.
  • Uncover whether this is a training problem, a role misalignment, or the wrong hire.
  • Leave with a signed PIP, a calendar of check-ins, and a defensible paper trail.


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