Unlimited Laser Coaching Program OPEN! (early bird special for subscribers)

As a subscriber to this blog, you’re among the first to know about the opening of my Focused Action Results (F.A.R.) Unlimited Laser Coaching Program. You’ll see in a moment why this matters. Almost every leader I know, from the…

What should leaders do to help their teams transition such shock?

Leadership Memo 2023-3 Many people around the world are in shock! Layoff was a US thing. Whenever things are tight, US companies would lay people off. That didn’t happen anywhere else in the world. Even the labor laws outside of…

Daring you to jump onto the Trojan Horse to lead your Transformation to Agility

Leadership Memo 2021- 7 Has your company gone through transformations? Agile transformation? Digital transformation? How was the experience? Did the transformation stick? What if there is something that would help drive faster and longer lasting (dare I say, permanent!) transformation?…

Do you dare to overhaul performance management?

“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…

Do we need HR professionals in an agile world?

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…

How to make reward and recognition fun and relevant?

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…

Why do we need an adaptable reward and recognition system?

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:…

Can performance feedback be timely and useful?

In the last post, we found that the purposes of performance reviews are still valid. However, the current HR practices do not satisfy those purposes. So, how do we create a performance management system that satisfies the purposes and motivates…