Need We Say More About the Impact of Bonuses...
Is it possible to have 374 different bonus and compensation plans?! This recent article from Politico uncovers the half-truths and realities of how AIG compensated its employees (AIG Bonuses Four…
Thinking About Cutting Bonuses?
I wrote earlier on this blog about the fact that AIG gave the word "bonus" a bad name but the issue of bonuses keeps popping up. I have read lately in several business articles that some businesses…
When Will They Ever Learn?
I was recently reading a paper on "grade inflation" published by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. It states that "In the face of acknowledged grade inflation, the Princeton University…
AIG Gives Bonuses a Bad Name
Everybody is talking about AIG again. The conversation is about how they continue to throw tax-payer money away. Over the weekend new details of AIG’s bonus plans were made public. In a nutshell the…
Speak of the Devil
In OOPS! , mergers and acquisitions is one of the 13 management practices that waste time and money. In a Business Week article, Drug Mergers: Killers for Research by Catherine Arnst she quotes Dr.…
Monetary Incentives
Ask Aubrey:
Hi Aubrey !!
My name is Scott, I am a human performance technologist. My question is:
Bill Abernathy in his book Managing Without Supervising suggested that R+ systems without monetary…
Knowledge of Behavior Is Never Irrelevant
Can you believe it, they have me blogging. At age 73, no less. Hey, behavior changes. I have just read Growing Up Digital the latest book by Don Tapscott. He talks a lot about the NetGeneration, ages…
Oops #1
The 1st Management Practice That Wastes Time & Money: Employee of the Month (and most other forms of recognition and reward).
