Weekly Hotlist: Why More and More Companies Are Ditching Performance Ratings

 

September 11, 2015 Why More and More Companies Are Ditching Performance Ratings By David Rock, Beth Jones They're no longer relevant to the ways we work.

Managing yourself You Really Can Change Your Reputation at Work by Carolyn O'Hara Just don't expect it to happen overnight. Career planning What a Year of Job Rejections Taught Me About Pitching Myself by Nina Mufleh A better way to answer "What's your greatest weakness?" Operations You Can't Understand China's Slowdown Without Understanding Supply Chains by David Simchi-Levi "Made in China" is becoming less common. Collaboration 3 Ways to Encourage Smarter Teamwork by Jim Whitehurst No one person has all the answers. Stress Treat Promises to Yourself as Seriously as Promises to Others by Michael E. Kibler Successful leaders make time for themselves. Entrepreneurship Can You Predict a Startup's Success Based on the Concept Alone? by Walter Frick Research suggests you can—but only in some industries. Organizational structure Jack Welch's Approach to Breaking Down Silos Still Works by Ron Ashkenas "Work-Outs" have only become more useful. Stress The Powerful Effect of Noticing Good Things at Work by Joyce E. Bono, Theresa M. Glomb End each day by writing down three positives.

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