Thread: Is it possible to be a conscious employee?
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Old 11-12-2009, 01:43 AM   #18 (permalink)
Michael Chui
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It puts a number on the wrong things.

If you could perfectly and holistically quantify someone's performance, then there's nothing wrong with this. But you can't, so you not only fail to appropriately compensate everyone, but you additionally start encouraging the wrong motivators.

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