Over the years, many organizations have adopted a form of annual performance review that includes scripted questions and rating scales for various measures of job performance. In many ways, these performance reviews are a bureaucratic means of...
Read moreSeparation Should Not Be Surprising
Firing with respect and compassion Call it what you may – dismissal, discharge, layoffs, workforce reduction – firing a team member is not an easy task. This is the reason that it is often not done well. People want to sidestep the issue...
Read moreResilience and Business Strategy
Resiliency is often spoken of as an important character trait of an individual. A healthy person is expected to be highly resilient. Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to adversity or change. The Oxford Dictionary defines...
Read moreValue People, Evaluate Performance
It is very easy to intermingle our view of people with our view of their actions, especially when we need to give corrective feedback. When we do so, the natural result is conflict as the other person feels personally attacked and most likely...
Read moreA Leadership View of Performance Reviews
For some people, performance reviews are the one time when they tell their direct reports how their work is perceived. Sometimes these reviews are simply a perfunctory fulfillment of a corporate requirement or the necessary step required for a...
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