Fostering an inclusive organization is intimidating work. Not only is it intimidating, for the longest time I struggled to find a framework to even think about it effectively. Over time, I’ve found a framework for thinking about inclusion efforts that is simple but that I’ve found very useful. An inclusive organization is one where folks have access to membership and opportunity. Membership is participating as version of themselves they feel comfortable with. Opportunity is having access ...| lethain.com
Building on the framework in “Designations, levels and calibrations”, I wanted to discuss a number of special topics related to designing and running performance systems. These topics are particularly interesting to me because they tend to be the emergent, accidental properties that emerge from common performance management systems and behaviors. Because they’re accidental, they surprise many managers early in their careers, and surprise is the cardinal sin of performance management.| lethain.com