As head of department, you have several senior faculty members who are reaching the age when retirement may be an issue. Unfortunately, these colleagues don’t seem to have any plans and some seem resistant to the idea of retiring. How do you manage the need for retirement, while respecting your senior faculty? In most jurisdictions, … Continue reading Retirement
You are reviewing the performance of the department as a whole. Within your department there are widespread calls for accountability. How do you achieve accountability without disenfranchising your staff? While goodwill and desire drives performance, there must still be accountability for job performance. This may be at an individual or a group level. Accountability requires … Continue reading Accountability for Group Performance
You have developed an agenda for change. But now it’s time to put the plan into practice. You’ve engaged your team in discussion about strategies to encourage change and enhance individual performance. Many argue you need to tie performance to compensation, while others state the key to performance is punishment and singling out poor performers. … Continue reading Incentivizing Performance
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