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Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 25 thru December 1, 2012

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In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary:               The Best of Make HR Happen  – This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.             When is Enough Enough? – In college I was extremely fortunate to have friends… brothers in both a spiritual and fraternal meaning of the word… who had a unique way of educating… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 25 thru December 1, 2012

Disconnect Pay from Performance Management

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The albatross around the neck of reformers in performance management is the link to pay raises. This unholy marriage between pay and performance is so deeply rooted in business philosophy that it is painful to think about the surgical procedure necessary to separate them. Paying somebody for their actual accomplishments sounds good to company management and to human resources managers that are trying to balance the needs of people with the needs of the company.… Read More »Disconnect Pay from Performance Management

When is Enough Enough?

In college I was extremely fortunate to have friends… brothers in both a spiritual and fraternal meaning of the word… who had a unique way of educating each other on reality vs. fiction in life. It was a tough-love type of message that could only be communicated by people who were close enough to get the message when outsiders might have been offended. What was that message? When one of us would get a little… Read More »When is Enough Enough?

Hey Boss! You Missed More Than an Annual Review

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Recently I completed writing a three part series on Performance Management, but I’m almost positive that Scott Adams, the insightful genius creator of the Dilbert comic strip, did not read it. In fact, from the lower than usual stats for those three days I’m also fairly certain that nobody else of importance did either. My comments that this may have stepped on a few toes could be the reason, but I think the basic reason… Read More »Hey Boss! You Missed More Than an Annual Review

A Veteran Reflects

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In spite of the fact that most of the thanks I receive for my military service are shallow and reflexive, I do appreciate it because I am proud of being a veteran. It is not so much a pride in anything that I have done but a subtle humbleness in what it has made me. My military experience gave me training and knowledge that I would not have received without this opportunity, so I selfishly… Read More »A Veteran Reflects