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September 27, 2009

Performance Evaluations and Yom Kippur

Gil / 0 Comments / Management / Emotions at Work, humility, Judaism, Management, Peformance Evaluations, Thriving on Failure, Yom Kippur /

Yom Kippur is the climax of a 40 day period of self-evaluation and repentance. The period kicks into high gear with Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year, nine days earlier. The process suffers from some of the same challenges that we face as managers with annual performance evaluations. I hate this period, and I know […]

May 21, 2009

Performance Evaluations: 5 Do’s and Don’ts

Gil / 2 Comments / Management, Top Posts / Emotions at Work, Management, Peformance Evaluations /

Some will say there’s only one don’t to performance evaluations — don’t do them. Tom Peters said it takes the average employee six months to recover, and that performance evaluations are the worst things manager do. I think he’s exaggerating — I’ve done much worse things. But I accept much of his point — it’s […]