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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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Do You Really Have Time to Do a Do-over?

Makarios Consulting

How long did it take – and at what cost in terms of time, resources, emotions, energy, team dynamics, and quality – to re-do the task at the eleventh hour? There is simply no comparison. Save Time by Spending It. We would never deny that, as a leader, you are being asked to do more with less every day.

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Do You Really Have Time to Do a Do-over?

Makarios Consulting

How long did it take – and at what cost in terms of time, resources, emotions, energy, team dynamics, and quality – to re-do the task at the eleventh hour? There is simply no comparison. Save Time by Spending It We would never deny that, as a leader, you are being asked to do more with less every day.

ROI 52
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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

This results in a misplaced comparison between the abilities of an experienced consultant and that of a student one. The comparison is misplaced because nobody would expect a student to work at, or even remotely near, the same level as a professional because they are students.

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How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent

Harvard Business

Here’s a personal example: Reading the work of writers who are better than I am is useful for improving my skills, but it triggers envy and social comparison. You’ll be better able to pursue goals that involve going outside your psychological comfort zone if you have top-notch skills for managing your thoughts and emotions.

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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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 Consultant or Vendor? Pick only one!

Women in Consulting

It might be a course in time management or project management or a one-day team building retreat. So you teach your one-day course on time management and all the attendees complain bitterly about the always shifting priorities that come down from upper management. Comparison.