Comments on: Improving Productivity?Really! http://www.ere.net/2007/09/25/improving-productivityreally/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:02:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Christi Goodwin, PHR http://www.ere.net/2007/09/25/improving-productivityreally/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 Christi Goodwin, PHR Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:19:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/09/25/improving-productivityreally/#comment-3320 I continue to be amazed at managers who fail to set any defined goals for their staff, yet still dare to give them an annual review. I want to ask, 'What measures are your grading their performance by?' How about departments (or companies) who don't set any goals or mission? Why are we coming to work every day? How do we know that we are improving? Better yet - how do we justify our existence? I continue to be amazed at managers who fail to set any defined goals for their staff, yet still dare to give them an annual review. I want to ask, ‘What measures are your grading their performance by?’ How about departments (or companies) who don’t set any goals or mission? Why are we coming to work every day? How do we know that we are improving? Better yet – how do we justify our existence?

]]> By: Ronald Katz http://www.ere.net/2007/09/25/improving-productivityreally/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 Ronald Katz Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/09/25/improving-productivityreally/#comment-3139 Wendell, wonderfully summarized. I've worked for a few 'dipsticks' in my time and have learned from all of them. Usually how NOT to manage people. But you overlooked one of my favorite managers, Osmosis Ozzie who doesn't believe in setting objectives with his staff. He says, 'The best employees are the ones who can give me what I want without me having to tell them!' He had absolutely no clue as to what his senior manager expected from him (or us) and had no idea how to communicate. He believed in keeping his distance from staff to appear managerial. P.S., it didn't work! Ron Wendell,
wonderfully summarized. I’ve worked for a few ‘dipsticks’ in my time and have learned from all of them. Usually how NOT to manage people. But you overlooked one of my favorite managers, Osmosis Ozzie who doesn’t believe in setting objectives with his staff. He says, ‘The best employees are the ones who can give me what I want without me having to tell them!’ He had absolutely no clue as to what his senior manager expected from him (or us) and had no idea how to communicate. He believed in keeping his distance from staff to appear managerial. P.S., it didn’t work!
Ron

]]> By: Mike Nale http://www.ere.net/2007/09/25/improving-productivityreally/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 Mike Nale Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:58:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2007/09/25/improving-productivityreally/#comment-3136 Dr. Williams Ironically I was having a conversation about leadership experience and humility with respect to senior level executives in a organization with one of my clients today and then I saw your article, what a coincidence! I really enjoyed the article. Aloha Dr. Williams

Ironically I was having a conversation about leadership experience and humility with respect to senior level executives in a organization with one of my clients today and then I saw your article, what a coincidence! I really enjoyed the article.

Aloha

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