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You'll Never Know Until You Ask :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Let’s look at the situation of a salary negotiation or performance review. How often in your career have you held back from asking for something (a promotion, flex time, a raise, a new office, etc) because you feared rejection? Women are much more likely than men to take a “no” as a personal rejection and final answer.

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A Guilty Conscience = A Great Hire??? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

The study was conducted by administering a standard psychological test that measures the tendency to feel guilt to 150 workers at a Fortune 500 firm and compared the results with their performance reviews. The link between guilt and performance is clearly there. The findings? Translation: Guilt is good!!

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The Ambition Gap

Coaching Tip

It exempts new mothers and anyone else off work for at least 16 weeks from being measured against their peers for their performance review that year. Before 2010, “if you didn’t work a full year, it was very hard to get the top [performance] ranking,” remembers Jennifer Allyn, the firm’s diversity-strategy leader. “I

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The Performance Review & Some Ugly Truths | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

And then I began to think that my eagerness to put the discussion behind me was not unlike the very real tendency for organizations to plough through the performance review process quickly… primarily to get away from it. I think it is partly because performance reviews require human beings to make judgements on each other.

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The Dreaded Performance Review | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

In this scenario too, the performance review often becomes something we do to people rather than with them. But the reality is that performance assessment is important to both the organization and the people who work for it. If you have a performance review story or opinion that you would like to share please do!

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The Bud to Boss Community Re-Opens Its Doors

Kevin Eikenberry

Plus, through the contributions of Guy and I along with a growing list of other leadership, career development and HR thought leaders we’ll help you continue your path towards leadership confidence and success. The best news is that you don’t have to wait until you get your copy of the book to gain value from this Community.

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Coaching Others: Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain

Persuasive Powerhouse

Ongoing improvement in performance: Once self correction takes hold, your employees will continually strive to do their best. The best will raise the bar on their own performance on an ongoing basis. Can you imagine how much easier your performance reviews will be when that happens? All Rights Reserved.