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People Don’t Want to Be Compared with Others in Performance Reviews. They Want to Be Compared with Themselves

Harvard Business

CEB research says that when we take into account how much money organizations are investing in their performance appraisal technology and how much time managers are spending to evaluate their employees, on average U.S. We call those temporal comparison evaluations. We call those social comparison evaluations.

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Mindfulness in the midst of a busy day: becoming aware of first responses

Brimstone Consulting

Practice not doing anything about the sensory input; watch for judgments or comparisons, or the urge to fix or do anything. If you hear a birdsong and it is pleasant to you, note “pleasant.” That’s the whole exercise. Simply note the first response and then let it go.

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Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

Harvard Business

When I worked as Director of Leadership Development at Walmart, my days were full of meetings. To share a rough comparison, on a day when I write between meetings, I’ll produce maybe 500 words a day. On these days, I’m 10 times more productive. I travel to them, and then back again, in the middle of my work days.

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