What to do with poor performers
I’m not a golfer. I’ve played a few times and never seemed to be able to connect properly. I once teed off on the first hole and the ball went rocketing sideways and I am told ended up ricocheting around in the clubroom lobby. We had a golf day at work...How NOT to set Objectives
Most of us have come across SMART objectives, and we kind of get why they are a good idea. If people are working towards well formed objectives, it tends to improve their performance somewhat. How else did we get the 4 minute mile (set 60 years ago this month, as it...The dysfunctional Appraisal
Lots of you enjoyed my previous post “The coaching session from hell”, featuring a video nasty in which my erstwhile friend and colleague Spencer Holmes perpetrated the most psychologically damaging coaching session you have ever seen. I know it was only...
