First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 26, 2013

The Crowdsourced Performance Review: How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance Eric Mosley McGraw-Hill (2013) How and why all organizations need a better model for performance reviews Opinions are divided – sometimes sharply divided – about “the wisdom of crowds.”

Performance Review 70

Performance Review Enterprise Architecture Review Books 70

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

My research into the world’s most successful bosses has unearthed some common practices that make work much more meaningful and enjoyable. A 2013 Society for Human Resource Management survey of managers in the U.S. If you supervise others, make sure you do the following: Manage individuals, not teams. ” Just 2%!

Hedge 8

Hedge Real Estate Film Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

In March 2013, a U.S. ” Similar safeguards can be put in place around many aspects of talent management: recruiting, interviewing, hiring, promoting, and performance reviews. And while this type of bias may seem less dangerous in the workplace than it may be on the streets of Ferguson, Mo. ,

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Metrics Kahneman Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

You’ll learn that the key to being successful must be something else. According to a 2013 study by American Express , EQ is one of the biggest predictors of performance in the workplace and a strong driver of leadership and personal excellence. ” Emotional intelligence matters even more today.

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Consultative Self-aware Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The successful experience illustrates the role that relatively simple technology (e.g., The project was launched in 2013, and the RFID system was rolled out in stages starting in the summer of 2015. Some were worried that the data collected would be used for their performance reviews.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A study by Jennifer Glass and coauthors in 2013 found that women leave STEM fields at dramatically higher rates than women in other occupations. We asked them to identify the most-critical factors for success at their level. Terms such as “crushes it” and “kills it” were used to describe top performers.

Focus Group 8

Focus Group Skills Technology Review 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success, yet culture tends to feel like some magic force that few know how to control. We’ve found that answering three questions can help transform culture from a mystery to a science: 1) How does culture drive performance? Insight Center.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

We originally envisioned the metric as a formal KPI in each staffer’s annual performance review. But we soon realized we had created a contradiction: You can’t build a culture that values rapid iteration by simply changing an annual performance cycle. Crucially, we redefined success.

Team 13

Team Metrics KPI Rogers 13