Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 13, 2010

You'll learn how to avoid eight performance evaluation pitfalls in what I think is the best chapter of the book " The Essential HR Handbook ," written by Sharon Armstrong and Barbara Mitchell. If you are a leader and it's time to conduct an employee evaluation, Armstrong and Mitchell caution you to watch for these pitfalls when making your evaluation: Clustering everyone in the middle performance-rating categories Overlooking flaws or exaggerating the achievements of favored employees Excusing s

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 9, 2010

If you lead with passion you will gain supporters and followers who will feed off your passion. Passion is contagious. Your passion will inspire and excite others to share your vision. And a team that is collectively passionate about what they are doing will have greater chances of achieving success. Show your passion when you communicate with your team in the actions you take, the words you speak and in your written communication.

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