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How do you feel when your performance appraisal is approaching?

Do public sector workers get sacked?  Many think not...

Dan Pink's book 'Drive - the surprising truth about what motivates us' is a great read.

I found this editorial in The Times ‘A Sickening State’ very interesting and the points made are very valid.

What a resource the Internet is!

My latest find is an article by Marshall Goldsmith which describes a process of using feedforward rather than feedback and explains the benefits.

An article in The Independent - Secret Agent - a day in the life of an estate agent, recounted the experience of appraisal time at the office.  Their experience is sadly all too common - and across all sectors.

It’s that time of year – end of year reviews. Managers are walking around looking more pre-occupied than ever and complaining about how much time they take up and about HR chasing them up for completion information.

A recent Sunday Times article discussed the pros and cons of an annual cull of the bottom 5% of poorly performing staff.  The outcome seemed to be that many organisations advocated this approach but few were brave enough to do it.