Expert Guidance for the Agile Organisation
Leadership Memo 2021-5 What comes to your mind when you hear the term “diversity and inclusion”? Do you think that it’s a bunch of mumbo jumbo? Are you annoyed that you have more boxes to tick? Do you think that…
Read More Inviting and asking people to dance: Diversity and inclusion at work
Leadership Memo 2021-4 We hear the term “diversity and inclusion” quite a bit recently, but do we really know what that means? Do we know how that applies to our work, regardless of whether it is remote? “Psychological safety” is…
Read More Asking people to dance: Creating better spaces to be more inclusive at work
“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” - Albert Einstein In the past couple months, I’ve been writing and talking about performance management and reward & recognition. We even explore whether we…
You may have noticed that in the past couple months, I have been writing about how to bring performance management and reward & recognition more aligned with agile values and principles. You may also notice that in many of my…
In my previous posts, I talked about why we need an adaptable reward and recognition system. I have been giving examples on cautious approaches. Today, I’ll share a radical approach story. The prerequisite is to have the trust in the…
Leadership Memo 2020-2 Being a manager is hard. You are no longer working in the domain you are an expert in. There are additional responsibilities that you need to do. Most likely, you don’t like those responsibilities. Being a good…
In “How to make reward and recognition fun and relevant”, I outlined what fun incentives look like in one of the companies I helped. We tailored the awards and incentives to the team. When the team likes the awards and…
Read More How to level up your reward and recognition system
In an earlier post, we explored why we need an adaptable reward and recognition system. I also pointed out that it’s not only about the generations. Today, we’ll consider one of the cultural contexts. In Asian culture, parents expect their…
In an earlier post, we established that there are different contexts that influence how people view reward and recognition, e.g. generation, culture, etc. So, we need a reward & recognition system that can satisfy all generations & levels. Let me…
Read More How to make reward and recognition fun and relevant?
In earlier posts, we established that the purposes of performance appraisals are still valid, however, the current HR practices do not satisfy those purposes. I also shared what I’ve tried, even without HR’s support. Let me recap the key takeaways:…
Read More Why do we need an adaptable reward and recognition system?
