Helping Geeks Communicate With & Influence Others
Years ago I worked for a large company that had a really good performance evaluation framework. It was rich, thoughtful, comprehensive and was a total waste of time. The Bell Curve Why? In spite of all the great things in the framework our company required that we “force rank” our people based on the bell […]
It happened again. Just this morning. A colleague had a defection of sorts. Two key tech employees independently gave their two weeks’ notice. I’m close enough to have some insight into what happened in this particular case. This is a growing, vibrant technology firm. The leaders are smart, nice, hard working people. They want to do the right […]
I was at a meeting this week with a group of tech leaders. One of them said “There’s so much competition for tech talent – and they know it! We have a terrible time finding and keeping the people we need. If they are unhappy they can leave any time and find another company to […]