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What is Wrong with Performance Appraisals?

Mike Cardus

In a hushed tone he tells me: “ Mike, our CEO went to an off-site executive development retreat and wants to change our entire performance appraisal system and he wants it done by the end of the next week!”. Make Failure and Learning an Objective :: Resistance to Change. The phone rings it’s Will. Managers Can Change That.

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Getting Serious About Handling Insubordination at Work

HR Digest

Every workplace has a strict set of principles it follows, and the culture of the workplace can often hinge on the regulations to ensure that every employee operates under the same work conditions. However, not all concerns are presented in a way that is professional, and these cases of insubordination at work are easier to identify.

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Improve Decision-Making With Help From the Crowd

Harvard Business Review

IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects. Software companies have developed an alternative approach (“Agile” and “ Scrum ”) that uses rapid cycle testing of product features to see what customers like.