Don't look them up on Twitter. You really don't want to know what they do on the weekends.
I have seen companies go through cost cutting exercises and deal with excessive property costs in a big blitz, and then sit back and say, 'OK, now we have done our cost cutting, we can get on with running the business.' This is such a bad approach.
With laptops, we can file sales reports from home, conference from a hotel room, and (regrettably) update spreadsheets on vacation. What's becoming increasingly common, however, is that many of these tasks can be accomplished from your smart phone.
One of the biggest traps that leaders of companies fall into is believing that every employee's opinion counts. This is particularly true when the company is going through significant change.
It's in the best interest of your VP to find out where he or she can help you navigate challenges that may cause your ship to run aground. But it should be issues where you don't have the muscle to remove the obstacles.
Eliminate the beliefs that keep us stuck and then change -- individual, organizational, and societal -- becomes effortless.
What unexamined beliefs are preventing your organization from achieving breakthrough results? Finding them and getting rid of them is the single most important thing you can do to dramatically improve your organization's bottom line.
Overall, eliminating unnecessary performance appraisals is a good idea. The challenge is to do just that without eliminating those performance appraisals that are necessary.
When companies make wise investments in their employees, they can create a foundation of excellence that brings out the best in everyone. For a manager, there is no higher calling.
