


6 Secrets to Building Teams in a Stack-Ranked System
Stuck in a Stack-Ranked System? How to Encourage Collaboration Anyway Bell curves and stack-ranked evaluation systems bring out the worst in your best. Rewarding individual performance drives individual behavior. Yet, most performance management systems do just that....
Why Can’t You See The Big Picture?
I was doing my normal juggling of “leader” and “mom” roles. I was feeling pretty good about the “mom” part as I drove to the stadium that night. Sure I was on a conference call the whole way there, but I pulled into the parking lot...
3 Troubling Troubles of “Troublemakers”
The troublemaker. You know the type. He’s the noisy one. He ALWAYS has an opinion. He has no filter. Sometimes he raises his voice. When you see him coming you may find ways to look busy and avoid the conversation. When no one is looking you may even mutter some...