Hi guys, this blog post is part of a four blog post series that talk about the problem of Performance Appraisals as a Rating Device. All the series can be found here. In this blog post, I will discuss how Gender, Race and Age Bias can affect Performance Appraisals. There are several studies about appraisals […]
Hi guys, I will dedicate this post to one of the most common reasons that companies/managers provide for the existence of Performance Appraisals: “Improve the Performance of the Organization”. To accomplish this objective, I would like to start explaining how Performance Appraisals appeared in our society. Nearly hundred years ago, two gentlemen called Frederick Winslow […]
Nowadays, everyone talks about the importance of companies providing possibilities for employees to find a purpose in daily work. But why is this so important? Why people actually need to have a purpose in their work/life? When we think about ourselves, what makes us feel happy? What makes us to have a nice feeling of […]
Every day we hear how important is to have purpose in our jobs and in our life. Daniel Pink refers in his book “Drive” that in order for us to be truly motivated with our work we need to have a feeling of purpose, mastery and autonomy. Therefore, this post will focus on the purpose […]
Lately, I have been writing lot about goals and targets. Today, I want to start this blog with John Seddon’s sentence :The whole notion of targets is flawed. Their use in a hierarchical system engages people’s ingenuity in managing the numbers instead of improving their methods. Daniel Pink in his book: “Drive” goes even further, […]
Hi guys, Now that I was able to get your attention I must say I believe in measures, do not worry :) I think they are useful but not the way they are used in most of the companies. Typical measures are used to command and control, we must shift this towards an approach where […]
…at least if you are not careful with the points discussed below. If you read books about leadership and management, it is common to see Goals setting as a fundamental tool for motivation and improvement. When you use Goals you need to be careful with several aspects of this practice or this will backfire against […]
Hi guys, new year is here and words like “performance review”, “goals” and “targets” will be heard on a daily basis. Is the time of the year As Tom Coens and Mary Jenkins describe in their book: “Abolishing Performance Appraisals”, where “Employees and the supervisor are expected to identify areas of performance weakness (often a […]
Hi guys, during last two weeks I had an opportunity to catch up with a friend who works as Agile Coach. During last summer, his company had serious issues with knowledge transfer that almost forced them to close doors. In this blog, I will explain why is it so important to have a culture that […]
Hi guys, in this post I just want to present a really simple idea how you can share knowledge within your team/organization. This activity is called “Book and Coffee Break Study Group”. How many of us read books on our free time and want to share the content of the books with other people but this actually never happened?
