Everyone makes a product. Everyone has customers. Even those who don't think they do. Here's a quick story about making that obvious.
Performance management criteria for OKRs
Posted on September 20, 2021.If we're going to set new goals with OKRs, we need to change how we measure the performance of our teams. Here are 6 ways to do that.
Hiring and retention is not HR’s responsibility. It’s yours.
Posted on February 1, 2021.It's easy to blame HR for your team's shortfalls. In the end though, it's your fault and responsibilty.
If we're managing to outcomes, how do we know we're doing a good job?
Posted on January 12, 2020.Part of the reason organisations struggle to switch to managing to outcomes is that its difficult to measure employee performance. Once that becomes difficult, how do we know someone did a good job? How do we know if that person should receive a raise? A promotion?
Do HR, Finance and Legal make products?
Posted on July 18, 2019.Teams that don't make customer facing work still work on "products" and have "customers." This article explains how to think about this kind of work - from HR, Legal, Finance et al - in a new light.