Weekly Hotlist: Most HR Data Is Bad Data

 

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February 16, 2015 Most HR Data Is Bad Data By Marcus Buckingham Managers are terrible at rating people's performance.

Collaboration Project Manage Your Life by Dana Rousmaniere With a Kanban board and weekly check-ins. Time management Are You Proud of How You're Spending Your Time? by Elizabeth Grace Saunders Getting everything done isn't always the point. Finance How America's Wealthiest Black Families Invest Money by Sarah Green Cautiously. Leadership 5 Ways to Become More Self-Aware by Anthony K. Tjan To be a good leader, you have to know yourself. Managing people How to Manage Remote Direct Reports by Rebecca Knight Start by setting expectations. Technology There's No Such Thing as Anonymous Data by Scott Berinato Researchers could identify people 90% of the time. Strategy Identify Blue Oceans by Mapping Your Product Portfolio by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Do you know which are actually most valuable? Managing yourself There Are Risks to Mindfulness at Work by David Brendel Some problems require more thinking, not less.

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