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Performance Appraisals: You Wouldn’t do Them at Home…

14 September, 2013 by James Lawther 14 Comments

Pig

I love my wife dearly, but there are a couple of areas that she really could sharpen up on, areas that would improve her performance and deepen her satisfaction with her home life. Fortunately I am a very experienced manager with a large team of engaged employees and know exactly what to do to motivate and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: accountability, employee performance measures, incentives, performance management, sacred cows

The Management Secrets Every Primary School Teacher Knows

17 June, 2013 by Bernie Smith 2 Comments

Sticker Chart

This is a guest post. Like most parents of young children I am locked in long-term trench warfare, trying to “encourage” them to go along with all the dull things that me and their mother want them to do. Following the advice of the TV experts, I decided to try using a sticker chart to reward […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: incentives, measurement, monitoring

Is Your Boss Really That Stupid?

25 May, 2013 by James Lawther 12 Comments

weigh scales

For the past 40 years my mother has been on a diet. She has a weekly ritual. Every Thursday morning she gets up, visits the bathroom and then, before she has had her customary cup of tea, she weighs herself. Why does she do this? Because she knows full well that she is at her […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: human nature, incentives, measurement, statistics, targets

5 Easy Ways to Increase Employee Engagement

3 April, 2013 by Stan Phelps 4 Comments

Birthday Cake

This is a guest post by Stan Phelps After studying 1,001 examples of companies that give little unexpected extras to employees, here are 5 easy ways to increase engagement from the new book, “What’s Your Green Goldfish – Beyond Dollars: 15 Ways to Drive Employee Engagement and Reinforce Culture” 1. Onboarding You never get a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: employee recognition, incentives

Regression to The Mean

5 January, 2013 by James Lawther 16 Comments

Is the Stick Mightier Than the Carrot? Psychologists will tell you that carrots are a far more productive strategy than sticks.  You might think this is a blindingly obvious statement, but the facts don’t always support it.  Sometimes the psychologists are proven wrong, often by a case of “regression to the mean”. That is exactly […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: assumptions, aviation, capability, incentives, management style, motivation, regression to the mean, variation

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