The problem with the way performance reviews are done in the federal government is the unholy alliance between job appraisals and financial incentives. They are built on the notion if you perform well you will receive monetary awards. This sounds good on paper. Unfortunately, it does not work in the real world. It creates thisRead… Read more »
Our beliefs, biases and behavior are like the foundation of a house. When they are challenged by people who have different beliefs, biases and behaviors, they shake us to our core much like an earthquake.
Just remember, a brain is a terrible thing to waste, particularly when it comes to embracing differences.
How can we build diverse organizations if the very differences diversity brings is the same source for implicit bias? How does that build inclusion?
We need deeper emotional connections among our world community to persuade ourselves we are not different from each other. We are different like each other.
It is with this spirit of generosity and charity that you should place your understanding for a true and honest “Thanksgiving.”
For the sake of human capital, you may have the brains, technical ability, intelligence and competence to get the job started. But for the sake of social capital, have you got the connections to get the job done?
About 15 years ago, thought leaders Marcus Buckingham, Donald Clifton and Curt Coffman set the organizational development world on its head when they proclaimed that leaders were doing career development of their direct reports all wrong. For the longest time, leaders were working from a motivational model that focused on the weaknesses of their employees.Read… Read more »
How should leaders in huge organizations ensure that every employee can feel valued and on the path to their full potential?
The We Have One Minority disease seems to have no cure, at least in my lifetime.