In other words, performance-based pay improved performance. But offering a small financial incentive actually decreased performance compared to no financial incentives.
(Full Story: Pay Enough or Don’t Pay at All)
In other words, performance-based pay improved performance. But offering a small financial incentive actually decreased performance compared to no financial incentives.
(Full Story: Pay Enough or Don’t Pay at All)
Mr. Bock’s group found that technical expertise — the ability, say, to write computer code in your sleep — ranked dead last among Google’s big eight. What employees valued most were even-keeled bosses who made time for one-on-one meetings, who helped people puzzle through problems by asking questions, not dictating answers, and who took an interest in employees’ lives and careers.
(Full Story: Google’s 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve – NYT)