It is said that Albert Einstein had hung in his office a poster that mentioned: “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts”. Although this seems rather easy to understand it is often overlooked by business managers in their quest to prove [...]
I happened to have a question whether 360° feedback shall be used as an “unequivocal” instrument in evaluating performance of managers.
Although at the first sight seems quite a good idea I have my doubts as whether it will provide a real value in evaluating [...]
A coment posted on: http://social.eyeforpharma.com/story/demonstrating-impact-training-and-development-programs-sfe
I do have a couple of comments on this interesting article, most of them actually building on Nick Pope’s (my regards for a beautiful workshop led in Barcelona SFE conference in spring 2008) ideas and insights.
I never had much respect for candidates who never asked at least a question at the end of the interview (or more if applying for sales job, also during the interview). Lack of curiosity is only smaller in relevance than integrity, especially if we speak about sales field.
During last week’s workshop on recruitment I just happen to realise that the greatest majority of applicants fail to ask their prospective employer an important question: How would their contribution to the organisation be evaluated if hired? (Who does it? How often? What are the criteria?)
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