The CPMP-HR Certified Performance Management Professional program equips HR professionals and people managers with the knowledge, practical tools, and modern approaches needed to design, implement, and sustain effective performance management systems.

Moving beyond traditional annual appraisals, the program focuses on continuous performance management and goal alignment, ongoing feedback, coaching, fair evaluation, and linking performance outcomes to broader talent decisions. It also addresses the responsible use of AI and analytics to support (not replace) human judgment in performance processes.

Participants leave with actionable frameworks, templates, and a clear roadmap they can apply immediately in their organizations.

• Design and implement a continuous performance management system aligned with organizational strategy 

• Set clear, meaningful goals using SMART and OKR approaches 

• Facilitate effective check-ins, feedback, and coaching conversations 

• Conduct fair evaluations and calibration sessions while reducing bias 

• Manage underperformance constructively through structured processes 

• Connect performance outcomes to rewards, development, and succession 

• Apply people analytics and AI tools responsibly to support performance processes 

• Build a business case and change plan to sustain the system long-term

This course is ideal for:

• Generalists Responsible for Performance Processes

• People Managers and Team Leaders 

• Professionals looking to modernize their organization’s performance approach

• HR Analyst

• HR Generalists or HR Officers

• HR Business Partners

• HR Metrics & Insights Coordinators

• Talent Management Professionals

• HR professionals

• HR Assistants / HR Coordinators / HR Administrators 

• Succession & Workforce Planning

• Performance & Rewards Analysts

• Employee Engagement Managers

• Recruitment Coordinators

• Learning & Development Coordinators

• Compensation Managers 

• People Analytics Professionals

• Employee Relations

• OD Professionals

• Organizational Change Managers

• Payroll & Benefits Administrators

• Shared Service Centres or HR support roles

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Analysts

• Team members in HR departments

GAFM - Global Academy of Finance and Management

The GAFM was founded in 1996 by the original founders of the Graduate Leadership Society. The Founders of our Standards Board are CEOs, Executives, Professors, and industry experts from around the globe. We desire to raise education standards and ethics in the business and management industries. The Standards Policy Board awards specialized board certifications, designations, and charters in the fields of: finance, accounting, management, and consulting fields to qualified professionals who have completed internationally recognized or accredited exams & education, government recognized degrees and documented management credentials and experience. Since 1996, the Academy has been promoting accredited graduate standards for certification in business, management, law, and finance. Since the inception with the founding of the Graduate Institute of Leadership in 1996, the Academy has been focused on quality assurance with accredited education, exams, assessment, education, ethics, and continuing education. Further, applicants must also have the necessary experience in practice, research or publications in their respective areas of expertise.