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Several weeks ago we ran a series of posts on policy deployment because it was “that time of year.” Now it is getting to be a “different” time of year, the time when we have to start thinking about performance evaluations.
Some evaluation systems are based on building skills and coaching processes. This isn’t a bad foundation for an eval system. On the other hand, the point of this blog is to address those performance evaluation / merit pay systems that are based on “the carrot and the stick.” This post takes issue with the “jackass” assumption behind “punishment and reward” types of evals / merit increases. Continue reading
Filed under: Leadership, Lean, People | Tagged: alfie kohn, bf skinner, harry levinson, motivation, performance appraisal, performance evals, peter scholtes, volkswagen | 21 Comments »