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Where to begin? Where to stop!? Lets start with the label. I prefer to speak of pay practices rather than ‘compensation’; they include the same elements – salaries and wages, and perhaps performance recognition – but to me imply quite different things. I am of the view ‘Compensation’ is a

If you’ve read the previous posts you deserve a medal, and as a reward you get a summary of my views. Despite the current move to informal performance conversations, à la Adobe’s Check-In system, I think that a formal performance review process is still critical to organization effectiveness, but maybe

Boards of both commercial and not-for-profit organizations should be commended for conducting a comprehensive review process of its Chief Executive Officer. It is however, quite uncommon. Boards often fail to address this duty in a consistent, rigourous and professional manner. The reason: they don’t have adequate information. The Board, usually

Despite the criticism of the annual performance review ritual, employees still want to know, on the record, where they stand. This is especially true for any employee in a management or leadership position. As my friend Donna Morris describes the Check-In system in Adobe, there is a case to be

For years, performance reviews have been criticized. There is a current movement in the literature decrying the annual performance review ritual as archaic and ineffective, irrelevant, and possibly even counterproductive . This despite the fact that employees frequently report in surveys that they lack adequate feedback on their performance and behaviour.

And it’s unfortunate. Because the annual performance review is a key event in the ongoing cycle of managing expectations.

It comprises four components: …

I know what you’re thinking: An enormous waste of time…destructive to the relationship between managers and their teams…useless paperwork… For years, performance reviews have been criticized. There is a current movement in the literature decrying the annual performance review ritual as archaic and ineffective, irrelevant, and possibly even counterproductive. (One