Let’s talk about being a manager. I’m not just a manager, I’m a leader! So you say. Now don’t go spreading yourself too thin. There’s more to this manager thing than you know. Remember what I said in Truth #8 about performance reviews? I said that you, as a manager, are responsible for the performance […]
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You can’t get through a week these days without reading about another high-profile, progressive, cooler-than-teal business eliminating performance reviews. So provocative! The story goes like this: Do you hate those horrible, lengthy, largely irrelevant standardized performance review forms your HR department forces on you? The solution is simple. Get RID of them. Throw babie out
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Best practices are so last year! Perennially. By the time a practice gets labelled as best by some authority, there’s an innovator somewhere finding a better way. Or, more likely, a better way for their situation. Best practices are what you use when you aren’t sure and want to be safe. When CYA is more
Best Practices Rarely Are Read More »
It’s useful to play the part of a candidate on other companies’ careers sites every now and then. And on your own careers site. You learn some things.
Most Companies Stink at Candidate Experience Read More »
Let me explain. By “fair pay”, I mean the measures of fairness typically used by a business when setting pay – education, experience, market rate, and negotiating power. By “feel fair” I mean to you, the person in the role, pay is a non-issue. You aren’t beset with a painful sense that you are paid too little for the value
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You’ve seen it happen. The team meets, discusses issues, and comes to apparent conclusions largely influenced by the biggest-title-in-the-room. Then, after the meeting, a few people huddle in the hallway saying the things that should have been said in the room. The color interpretations. The queries about “what that really meant when so-and-so said that
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