As you know if you are following me on twitter, this semester I am taking two performance classes. This means I’m paying more attention to things that measure performance and performance gaps. Since I’m always hyper-focused on social media, I’m also looking at how emerging tools can be used to close performance gaps.
This report from [...]
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McKinsey Report: Using technology to improve workforce collaboration
October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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If the Gervais principle isn’t working, what is the ideal management structure
October 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments
A few days ago I wrote about the history of management, and specifically the Gervais Principle.The Gervais Principle states:
Sociopaths, in their own best interests, knowingly promote over-performing losers into middle-management, groom under-performing losers into sociopaths, and leave the average bare-minimum-effort losers to fend for themselves.
This principle was based on this image of Company Hierarchy [...]
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