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Talking About Promotions (with Very Ambitious People)

Ed Batista

Not a Performance Review. Finally, note that the timing of these conversations matter--your employee is likely to want to hold them more frequently, and as noted in the post linked above, I don't think leaders should wait for formal review cycles to provide developmental feedback. How to Deliver Critical Feedback.

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it’s your Friday good news

Alison Green

I started a job as a Lab Manager in 2014 after a lot of personal and professional upheaval over the previous 10 years. I’ve been in that job for over eight years now and about to receive my fourth promotion. Today I’m a director in a research center and now have my first official direct report.

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Purpose-Driven Companies Are Driving The New Economy

15Five

Managers can see that they don’t have to threaten or use outdated processes like stack-ranking and performance reviews held only once per year. When employees perform tasks that are aligned with their personal values and strengths, those endeavors actually generate more energy and limitless creativity — even at work.

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Narcissistic Leaders: How To Avoid When Hiring

AIHR

Narcissism is a bad sign: CEO signature size, investment, and performance. Review of Accounting Studies, 23: 234-264. Examining the “I” in team: A longitudinal investigation of the influence of team narcissism composition on team outcomes in the NBA. Academy of Management Journal , 63 (1), 7-33. Seybert, N., & Wang, S.

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Excess Management Is Costing the U.S. $3 Trillion Per Year

Harvard Business Review

million managers, first-line supervisors, and administrators in the American workforce in 2014. A myriad of studies have documented the time lost to low-value management processes, from budgeting to the performance review. In 2014 the combined GDP of the 35 countries that make up the OECD amounted to $49.7

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A Performance-Appraisal Conundrum: What Would You Do?

Harvard Business Review

This particular incident happened early in the month of April, right at the time that his manager was writing his performance appraisal. Since the incident was significant, the manager decided to include it in the performance review even though our standard performance review period is from April 1 to March 31.

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How Banks Are Capitalizing on a New Wave of Big Data and Analytics - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business Review

billion debit and credit card transactions, its research revealed a dramatic slowdown in the growth of everyday consumer spending from 2014 to 2015. are among the companies that analyze factors such as job tenure, performance reviews, and communication patterns to identify employees who are highly likely to leave. analyzed 12.4

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