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

Get ready to take the gloves off and start smashing faces. This is what I see as disruptive.

I have been reading more about innovation.  I read a great article today about the different types of innovation; “Sustained Innovation” and Disruptive Innovation. Eric Zeitoun – Article on innovation I am hearing the term “Disruptive Innovation” more and more. I am a disruptive innovator. What I do, at best, is uncomfortable for people to embrace but more often upsetting to the effected. But just like the training that goes on for any athletic endeavor is painful. But makes playing the game so much better.

I am really enjoying the insights people share on the internet about pay for performance, innovation and motivation

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 are baffled by what they saw. They know it is amazing! But they can’t quite put there finger on what is happening at Nuccor. They did a great job of reporting the facts. Here are some amazing facts. A steel plant in America with a 389% return to the investors. While many tech companies like Amanzon and Microsoft could not even come close to the profits. Another fact is that the workers are making 3 times the national average.

Right from the beginning it is obvious they don’t really understand what is going on. The subheading reads “What you can learn from a company that treats it’s employees like owners” The subheading should have read “Learn from a company that knows how to motivate employees to act like owners.” The important thing is the sentence is the “Act”ing. This is the critical piece to this puzzle. This is basic science. You find out what the owner wants. Then you find out what the employee wants and then you make that the same for both. The is were the “Magic” happens. But it is pure science and not art or magic.
This is a great article because it proves that will be effective anywhere.

Motivation applied properly gives beautiful results.

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 get more involved with the discussion so they make sure they are getting paid more for what will make a difference in the education system. Maybe the loudest critics are the lazy teachers that really don’t care about the students and realize they are not willing to work hard enough to make a difference.

I was working in an office were we had implemented a pay for performance system. There were lots of tasks available to be done. This one individual like only doing one task and when he didn’t have anything to do he wanted the company to pay him to do nothing. I asked him why he was sitting around when he could be doing other work. He replied “It’s almost like I have to work to get paid.” I still laugh about that today. We all need to work to get paid. I just hope we are working and getting paid for our performance. I think all the complainers in pro sports would stop complaining if they would implement a better pay for performance system. I could continue but I will save that for another article

If you understand pay for performance you should demand that from the place you work.

America continues to fall behind other countries in academic performance. Why? I think it’s because we abuse teachers in this country. They are underpaid and overworked. I believe a solution to this problem is pay for performance in teaching. There is a growing push towards pay for performance for teachers. I read a great blog post this morning by Michael J. Corso, Ph.D. that discussed some simple measurements to which teachers could be held accountable. Dr. Corso Article

From my years of working with pay for performance in industry I believe if teachers can make %50 to %100 more for meeting simple criteria our education system will out perform any in the world.