In The Paradox of Performance Pay , Allan Hawke shows how it has clearly led to decreases in organizational performance. It’s wrong to focus only on individuals or groups, because most opportunities for improvement involve systems, processes and technology. Performance ratings are nothing more than a lottery, Deming said in 1984. MORE >>

Health information obesity: the new epidemic? is a free talk organised by the Career Development Group, Yorkshire and Humberside Division in collobaration with the University of Sheffield's iSchool. The speaker is Vicky Grant. Date: Thursday 24th May. Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm. Photo by Sheila Webber: "John's van", Sheffield University, April 2012. MORE >>

I was talking today with an organization that has mentoring as a very core feature of their culture, and it got me reflecting on the fantastic luck I’ve had in my career. Even before working, I had some great teachers, and then many folks have helped shape me through my job experience. They also lived what great student development was. MORE >>

We are all under the pump these days to do more with less. Intranets are an integral part of successful organisations and are starting to get recognised more and more. While this is exciting (and long overdue!), it does often means more work than an intranet team can handle. See what other organisations are doing is the first step. How it all works. MORE >>

Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared  via Twitter  this past week. birgittaj – “ Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power. Managers probably don’t really believe that, but ordering training is easier than tackling the real issues.) label. Princeton? MORE >>