As we approach the end of the year, we are in the final leg of the OKR cycle. Final grading is coming up and performance judgments will follow. The focus is on making…
Performance Measurement
In my last post I discussed the lost art of writing a status report and why that is a big loss. It’s a shame because nobody intended to reduce the value created. They…
When I started working at Intel I was introduced to many new ways of working. After my stint at Rolls Royce where everything seemed terribly traditional, it was a breath of fresh air….
I rented a tool called a brush hog this week. It was the perfect tool to clear the chest high thorny blackberry bushes covering a plot of land we purchased. In fact, it…
In my last post I talked about goals and what a goal is. The better you understand something, the more value you are likely to derive from it. Earlier in my career, I…
Soon after I left Intel, I was reminded by a client it was performance review time. I was glad to be working for myself, performance reviews always seemed to be painful. It didn’t…
In my last Leadership Insights article I discussed the challenge of assessing whether a project is on track. In fact, I highlighted the focus in many projects is on the wrong thing. They…
I’ve sat through countless project reviews where progress updates are provided about whether items are on track. It can be a tense meeting with project managers defending their updates against a barrage of…
I am a huge soccer fan and stats are becoming a bigger and bigger part of the game. When I started watching as a young boy, the only stats we had were the…
Judging the performance of a team member is one of the most common challenges I hear from my clients. They aren’t satisfied with the results and they struggle to assess the performance of…