by Carol Sanford | Jul 18, 2011 | Business Development
This is the second part of a series of six reflections on the impact of feedback processes, including 360º feedback on Responsibility behavior. It is based on six premises about human nature that are not well understood. Part One set up the introduction and Premise 1....
by Carol Sanford | Jul 13, 2011 | Business Development
Providing feedback to peers, subordinates, and even superiors—particularly the 360 Degree view of performance appraisal—became popular as scientists and engineers began to understand how cybernetic systems work in computer applications. The creators of these...
by Editor | May 19, 2011 | Business Development
More than 550 health professionals and organizations have signed a letter to McDonald’s Corp, asking the maker of Happy Meals to stop marketing junk food to kids and to retire Ronald McDonald today. These advocates have run a full-page ad in six newspapers, stating...
by Carol Sanford | May 9, 2011 | Business Development
Early in my academic career, a seasoned manager of a Fortune 500 company told me that his superior had reprimanded him, repeatedly, for only infrequently submitting the names of his people for special corporate recognition programs. His boss felt that this group, or...
by Carol Sanford | Feb 24, 2011 | Business Development
I’ve been watching the news in Wisconsin with dismay. But not for the reasons many people are. I think the right questions are not being asked and wrong conversations are dominating. I personally have sat in the chairs of many different players in this standoff. I was...