Pay for Performance Doesn’t Work in the Corporate World, and It Won’t Help in Medicine Either

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 10, 2009 

I’ve talked at length about the dangers of pay for performance systems.? They end up driving all sorts of unintended behaviors.? Further,?they can lead to disengagement for your most highly principled employees.? We all know people who did everything right and did not meet their goals due to circumstances beyond their control.? Conversely, we all […]

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Leadership Gut Check – Performance Reviews

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 23, 2008 

Eschew the Performance Review I wrote earlier this week about best intentions not leading to best practices.? Even if we were to grant that performance reviews started with the best of intentions – they have wandered dangerously off course. Deming argued against them back in his day.? I’ve argued against them myself.? But this Machine […]

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