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What is Wrong with Performance Appraisals?

Mike Cardus

Fifteen minutes before I saw this banner the operations & human resources managers were telling me about their individual incentive program to increase output. Make Failure and Learning an Objective :: Resistance to Change. Referenced: The false assumptions are from “The Leader’s Handbook” Peter Scholtes.

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5 Mistakes Employees Make When Challenging the Status Quo

Harvard Business Review

But what happens when a brave employee decides to challenge organizational conformity and offer new ideas that she sincerely believes would improve operations, before the company has embraced the idea of rebel talent? We’ve found that no matter the organization, rebels are susceptible to making several common errors.

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Improve Decision-Making With Help From the Crowd

Harvard Business Review

We don’t have any management, and nobody ‘reports to’ anybody else,” says Valve’s handbook for new employees. It will surely meet resistance. Decision making Operations' They’ve been boss-free since 1996. “We Newbies aren’t told where to work. Instead, they are expected to decide on their own where they can contribute most.