Human behavior is so… well… human. How many times have you seen it? The pressure’s on at work, and maybe even layoffs look like they might be around corner – or another round of layoffs, depending on your company’s situation. And when the pressure’s on, you can bet that questionable human behavior is right around the corner. Self-Preservation 101. I’m good, he’s …
Performance Management, Effective Communication and Jailbreaks…
If you read HR blogs, you’ll probably find another post today about performance feedback and effective manager communication. Anyone can do that. Today, I think this might be the only post you read about performance management, effective manager communication and a jailbreak. First, Kris Dunn had a great piece recently about blaming performance appraisal systems instead of managers for bad feedback. Managers are …
Crying at Work – Dealing with the Serial Crier
I’ve been thinking a bit about crying at work of late. No, I don’t mean I personally have wanted or needed to cry at work but rather, whether and when it’s okay to let the ‘ol water works flow in the office. This article from Time magazine on the same topic also found its way over to me which was all …
Where Do You Stand?
An old boss of mine truly believed that if he gave out too much positive recognition it would dilute the impact, thus making it ‘less powerful’ when he did give it out. The unfortunate part was that the lack of positive feedback turned me into a wee-bit of a lunatic (causing me to second guess my every move, agonize over …