This Guy Gets It

I am always scouring the internet for pay-for-performance stories and situations.  Occasionally I find someone who gets pay for performance. Check out this article by Mike Figliuolo
Managers and owners need to realize Humans are not a resource to used up and spit out.  They are people

Science Not Art, But It Is A Beautiful Thing

It’s amazing the authors of this story don’t have any idea why the “magic” is happening in the story. I think it’s safe to say when something gets called “Art” is basically misunderstood. As read over this article – The Art Of Motivation It is clear by the sub heading Nanette Byrnes and Michael Arndt [...]

I Hate Change

I read this article today posted about a teacher in LA I Hate Change is what the article should have been titled. I have worked with so many people who feel this way about pay-for-performance systems. Here is an article I wrote a while back Money
I wish the critics would [...]

Teachers Should Make More Money

America continues to fall behind other countries in academic performance. Why?

On Building a Ship

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. – – – from the blog of Inkling Corporate blog
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Poor Management Kills Another Good Idea.

While I thought a bunch of what happened while George Jr was in the White House. However, the NSPS (National Security Personnel System) was a good idea. Even Obama advocates a similar system for public school teachers. Teacher Pay Redesign
There has been some press about the death of the NSPS. It is [...]

No Cost Motivation – Make sure you do it correctly

I just read this article The No-Cost Way to Motivate – BusinessWeek by Patrick Lencioni.
The article basically suggests that managers need to be more aware of the lives of the people the manage. I think it doesn’t go far enough.
I believe managers should have conversations with people they manage. Then need [...]

Freedom Beats China by Accident

Another anecdotal story about Owner thinking.
Running around, like chickens sans a head, two partners had started a company. They were spending 12-14 hours a day just to get a few orders out the door. They had a bunch of employees and One employee did nothing but try and keep track of the [...]

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