I spent some time today on Tom Peters' site after catching a Tweet from him. Here are some snippets from his posts:
On Leadership: Hay Group's John Larrere said, "Rapid changes in the world are impacting how organizations do business, and as a result, the old rules of how organizations select, develop and retain good leaders have been turned upside down causing the future of leadership to look very different. ... It's about getting them (people) to be passionate about their work and grooming them to handle the challenges ahead."
On Mentoring: " You can submit a bid for your chance to be mentored by Guy Kawasaki, Caterina Fake (co-founder of Flickr), Aaron Magness (director of Brand Marketing at Zappos), or many others. The winning bidder gets a session with the mentor of their choice; for example, the first winner got a half hour on the phone with Dan Pink. Each week a new mentorship opportunity will be posted, so you might want to bookmark the link....http://www.imno.org/"
On reviewing performance: "..... you should be choosing and assessing your talent like an NFL team or a Symphony Orchestra. Those groups would never use a standardized assessment vehicle, and Tom contends that neither should you."
See his You Tube video about this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV6X_LdNVC4. I get the concept, and I think that's his point. Performance plans and assessments do need to be individualized. But, I think that this still can all fit within a fairly common framework.
On Front Line Managers: "The evidence is clear: Employee satisfaction and like variables are significantly, even overwhelmingly, linked to the employee's relationship with her or his first-line manager. While first-line managers are considered to be of great importance, in my experience few companies truly obsess on every aspect of their care and feeding. In fact, my observations suggest that such things as first-line manager training regimes are often of questionable quality. This is a strategic mistake. More important, a lost strategic opportunity."
Read Tom's Blog here: http://www.tompeters.com/. There is always something provocative and interesting posted on it.
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