The sins of our bosses
October 16, 2006
DDI and Badbossology.com (that’s actually a real site) did a survey of 900+ employees to determine the worst (and best) qualities of a manager. And, the survey says:
A bad manager:
- Tries too hard to be everyone’s friend
- Micromanages
- Ignores conflict
- Arrogant
- Wishy-washy
- Impulsive
- Unable to delegate
- Impatient
- Stubborn
- Unprofessional
Microsoft ditches forced ranking
May 31, 2006
Regina points us to a post by Robert Scoble – Microsoft’s unofficial but omnipresent blogger – on MS’s ditching if it’s forced ranking process.
“One big thing that’s gone? Stack ranking. No longer am I judged against Charles and Adam and…
The fatal flaw of self-assessments
March 29, 2006
Everyone thinks they’re above average.
This tidbit found via the Damn Interesting blog where they deconstructed a report by some Cornell researchers on the topic. What they found was that the worst performers in a variety of tested categories often rated themselves…
What drives employee engagement?
March 29, 2006
Our new poll for the next couple of weeks is on the topic of employee engagement. Specifically, what, in your opinion, are the most important drivers of engagement?
The responses are based on a 2003 report from Towers Perrin called “Understanding…
Performance Reviews most pressing HR issue
March 29, 2006
You may have noticed a poll in the left-hand column over the past couple of weeks. Though clearly not scientific in any way, the poll has provided some insight into what’s on the minds of our readers.
We asked, “What is your…
Leveling the playing field and other tales of meritocracy
March 6, 2006
The Human Capitalist (known more properly as Jason Corsello of the Yankee Group) shares his views on Performance and Talent Management. Hint: he likes it. To wit:
The solutions are not the “end-all-be-all” and will not solve all of the issues…
How to deal with a bad review
March 3, 2006
Some good advice on dealing with a bad performance review at Fortune/CNNMoney.
The first bit: don’t be defensive. It’s everyone’s first instinct to try to prove why what we’ve done was the right thing, but often that response leads to a spiral…
Why smart employees should love, nay, DEMAND performance management
February 27, 2006
With all this talk of the downsides of performance management going on in the blogosphere, I thought I might take a look at this from the employee perspective. Hey wait, I AM an employee! Thusly: Some reasons why I, Max Goldman,…
Destroying your career in one easy step
February 24, 2006
I was forwarded this soon-to-be infamous email exchange between a spurned hiring lawyer and an uppity law school graduate today. It’s remarkable how little emotional intelligence is displayed on both sides. Sometimes it takes a little effort and common sense to…
You’re a bad manager and everyone knows it
February 23, 2006
This one should have made it into our worstreview contest.
Via Regina comes a performance review that perhaps many employees would love to give, but don’t. There are probably a few lessons to be derived from this, but at least one is…
