Monthly Archives: November 2011
The double-edged sword of bonuses
Yay, it’s bonus season! All employees are excited to get some extra cash that they can use to cover some of their expenses associated with the holiday season. Companies are also excited to give out bonuses to keep their people motivated. But bonuses are … Continue reading
How to make your 360-degree feedback process more effective
Feedback, everyone agrees it’s important. But timely and effective feedback is still missing in most companies. Over the past fifty years, the 360-degree feedback process has become popular as it provides the recipient with feedback from everyone that she is in contact with Continue reading
Abolishing Performance Appraisals
I’ve recently re-read the book titled “Abolishing Performance Appraisals – Why they backfire and what to do instead” by Tom Coens and Mary Jenkins. This is one of my favorite books on the short-comings of traditional performance management processes, in particular the performance appraisal process (also called performance review … Continue reading
