Employee evaluation: The comedy of removing it
What happens when you replace a bad idea with no idea? Nothing better. Continue Reading
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Working remotely: Why it’s really so popular
The world’s a-changing, for various reasons (including, yes, wanker bosses). Continue Reading
Employee motivation has a dark side
What if lame, forced attempts at compliance actually end up leading to deviance? Continue Reading
Work email: Start by, uh, answering it
Slack’s gonna save us all, right? Not so fast. People still need a degree of respect on responding to emails at work. Continue Reading
Communication in the workplace: Let’s fix this
There are six tiers you can focus on, but sadly — most managers undermine all six tiers. Continue Reading
How to quit your job (and train your dragon)
Hint: less emotional grenades and psychological napalm, and more preparation and transparency. Continue Reading
Succession planning is about psychology
To some guys, this is the most emotionally-intense part of work: you essentially have to admit that your company can exist without you. OH LORDY. Continue Reading
Business metrics: You’re doing it wrong. Let’s fix it.
It’s really hard to do business metrics well unless you have a culture of honesty and transparency, and most companies do not. You can still grab, scrub, analyze, and decide off data and business metrics, but there will be a lot of politics, BS, under-cutting, and the like preventing true success. Continue Reading