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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. It is part of the leader’s job to create working environments that invite participation and interest.

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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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Building Awareness ~ Lessons from the Moon walking Bear | You're.

You're Not the Boss of Me

It only makes sense to invite more eyes, ears and voices to participate in achieving clarity of purpose and a common understanding of what’s important and why. Building awareness in organizations must be a collective effort with participation from many and diverse people. The bottom line is this: One person cannot see everything.

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Casual Conversation in the Workplace…Something to Talk About | You.

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Do you participate in it? Seek balanced two-way conversations that give each participant the opportunity to take part. Resist, at all costs, any temptation to participate in idle gossip or rumour mongering. Do you encourage it? Or, do you choose not to involve yourself in idle talk?

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When Change Hits “Upside the Head”

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You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Performance Review & Some Ugly Truths Casual Conversation in the Workplace…Something to Talk About → October 20, 2009 · 11:21 pm ↓ Jump to Comments When Change Hits “Upside the Head” Change.

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Celebrate Good Times…Come On!

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For example, an organization that believes in contributing to the community it serves through charitable works will find meaning in a celebration that acknowledges fund raising events and the people who participate in them. Variety: The opportunities for celebrations are many and varied.

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A Reflection on the Hardness of Change

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They will find ways to work together and to include us all by demanding our participation in building something else, something better…just like Norma Rae did. If we choose not to participate, we lose our right to complain about how things are. It’s always wonderful and thought-provoking. You are of course, right.

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