Persistent Joke #5
Similar to the Twelve Days of Christmas, we are drawing special emphasis to Number 5! This one comes to us via Henry Mintzberg at McGill[…]
The solvable problem with Self Evaluations
I have a vivid memory of a self-evaluation from my undergrad days at McGill. We had to take a writing course, which must have been[…]
The Feedback Context – Developing and Evaluating
When it comes to performance, the question “How are you doing?” can start a very rich discussion. Do you really want to know? Do we[…]
MONEYBALL – The Measure of Success Review
“..the first guy through the wall…it always gets bloody, always.” (John Henry to Billy Beane) How things change Getting people on board Defining performance and[…]
Case Study: Results-based Development in Chris’ Golf Game
NOTE: This landing page is the most recent blog post. For background on Measure of Success, visit: OUR APPROACH What follows here is a real-time description[…]
Results-Based Development (Some Backstory on Goal Setting)
One of my biggest frustrations as an education professional (trainer, instructor, consultant, etc.) is that the standard “measure of success” is “Did the participant like it?”[…]
Results-Based Development (Under the hood of Aligning Interests)
In many different contexts, we see examples of competition contributing to higher performance. For competition in business, we can draw and important distinction between “good[…]