Performance Management as Organizational Control: Breaking Free from the Ghost of PM's Past
Performance management (PM) is in a rut. It has remained mostly unchanged for the past 40 years with companies making periodic...
Has Feedback Lost its Way? The Case for Progress Instead
If you’ve read anything about feedback recently you are probably confused. There is lots of conflicting information and disagreement on,...
Managing Employee Performance and Rewards in a COVID-19 World
The world is changing because of COVID-19. I’m not just talking about for those who contracted the virus and their friends and families....
Calibration: What is it Good For?
Calibration meetings are increasingly part of performance management (PM) and reward processes in many organizations. In these meetings...
CEO Pay, Employee Pay, and Pay Inequality in Organizations: Meritocracy or Monkey Business?
The Guardian article by Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati about runaway CEO pay is jarring. “The CEO of Marathon Petroleum, Gary Heminger,...
It's Differentiation Season (Redux)
I wrote this article about a year ago and thought it worth re-posting (updated a bit and modestly edited). Not much has changed in the...
It’s Rating Season. Time to Play “The Game”
It’s that time of year again, time for the most important part of performance management. It’s rating season. The time for playing nice...
Remove the Shackles from Performance Management so it can Serve your Business
Introduction Over the past couple years I have documented the problems with traditional performance management (PM), which I call “Last...
The World’s Worst Disease. Is your Company Infected with it?
“Money, it's a crime. Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie.” --Pink Floyd, “Money” Introduction I’ve been thinking a lot...
Size Doesn’t Matter. Some Comments on the United Airline Bonus Lottery
I was quite surprised to hear the story about United Airline’s move to replace their bonus system with a lottery. Yes, you read that...
