by Esther Derby | Apr 4, 2007 | Collaboration & Teams, Leadership & Management
When I talk to teams about self-organizing, people worry about what to do when some one on the team isn’t working out. If we’re a team, they posit, we have to work things out so we can work together. Not necessarily so. Teams need to manage team membership...
by Esther Derby | Mar 10, 2007 | Leadership & Management
Every so often, I share my views on pay-for-performance and annual performance appraisals on this blog. My experience is that pay-for-performance and annual performance appraisals–contrary to popular belief–actually hurt performance and results, rather...
by Esther Derby | Mar 2, 2007 | Leadership & Management
I came across a spate of articles lately proposing different reasons why it’s rare to find a good manager. The reasons ranged from rising to their level of incompetence, becoming corrupted by power, promotion by favoritism, and not being a “born leader.” I suspect the...
by Esther Derby | Jan 4, 2007 | Leadership & Management
Ken Flowers suggests answering these three questions to clarifiy your leadership philosophy (which he came across on George Ambler’s blog):What you believe about people …What you believe about life …What you believe makes groups and organizations...
by Esther Derby | Dec 29, 2006 | Leadership & Management, Musings
Bob Sutton points to more research about prima donnas, prima dons, and jerks-at-work:Boris [Groysberg ] wrote me a pair of detailed notes about a series of case studies that he has done that track Lehman Brothers’ research department over a 20 year period. Boris...
