So – you’re sitting at your desk, working productively – when, as has already happened to you numerous times this week, in comes the Toxic Dumper. Flopping down into a chair with a heavy sigh of exasperation, they proceed to commandeer your time, using you as a dumping ground for complaints of all types. Let’s […]
Playing Deaf and Blind to Complaints about your Hires? Consider the Consequences!
So let’s see – there must be a way to do it – to convince yourself that everyone else is wrong about the quality of your hires. To reassure yourself that your “personal picks” aren’t mistakes, even though the criticisms are numerous, repetitive and fierce. You could overtly ignore the complaints. Or you could pretend […]
360 Degree Feedback Mechanisms: Harnessing their Power and Utility
Implementing a 360 degree review process will either be a destructive and devastating experience, or a developmental epiphany for those involved, depending entirely on how the process is structured. This posting focuses on the seven reasons why 360’s fail, and provides best practice solutions for each reason. Let’s begin with a definition of the instrument. […]