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How to manage your PMS October 20, 2008

I am all performance review managed out. Here’s some words and phrases that were repeated often during yesterday’s workshops: management (as in change, risk, merger, performance review)KRAs – Key Result AreasKPIs – Key Performance IndicatorsBenchmarkingSWOT analysis StrategiesActionsPMS – not what you think but rather generic acronym for a Performance Management SystemVision StatementMission StatementValues StatementLine managers […]

How to manage your PMS

I am all performance review managed out. Here’s some words and phrases that were repeated often during yesterday’s workshops: management (as in change, risk, merger, performance review)KRAs – Key Result AreasKPIs – Key Performance IndicatorsBenchmarkingSWOT analysis StrategiesActionsPMS – not what you think but rather generic acronym for a Performance Management SystemVision StatementMission StatementValues StatementLine managers […]

oh the inanity October 16, 2008

On Monday I am supposed to be attending a “mandatory” set of workshops on my institution’s performance management process. It runs from 8:30 until 4:45. If this wasn’t intrusive enough on printing out the workshop notes just now I was not highly encouraged by the opening slide:“Performance Management is managing the performance of the organisation”I […]

oh the inanity

On Monday I am supposed to be attending a “mandatory” set of workshops on my institution’s performance management process. It runs from 8:30 until 4:45. If this wasn’t intrusive enough on printing out the workshop notes just now I was not highly encouraged by the opening slide:“Performance Management is managing the performance of the organisation”I […]

plastic bag memories October 11, 2008

I threw this away today in my frenzy of cleaning. It’s a bag from the gift shop at the Tower of London that I have been holding on to for four years. Strange the things we feel compelled to keep as memories. But it was time for it to go as it was quickly disintegrating […]

plastic bag memories

I threw this away today in my frenzy of cleaning. It’s a bag from the gift shop at the Tower of London that I have been holding on to for four years. Strange the things we feel compelled to keep as memories. But it was time for it to go as it was quickly disintegrating […]

a dinghy in the shape of a guitar and other trivial information October 10, 2008

Things we needed to know at trivia night tonight (some of these we did get right, others not so much)1. What is a rhinoceros horn made from?: Hair2. What kind of animal lives in a formicary?: Ants3. In which country does the Amazon river meet the sea?: Brazil4. Who will Wayne Bennett coach next year?: […]

a dinghy in the shape of a guitar and other trivial information

Things we needed to know at trivia night tonight (some of these we did get right, others not so much)1. What is a rhinoceros horn made from?: Hair2. What kind of animal lives in a formicary?: Ants3. In which country does the Amazon river meet the sea?: Brazil4. Who will Wayne Bennett coach next year?: […]

more birthday jewels October 1, 2008

This time from the eminently creative and well respected jewellery maker – Jinx. They look beautiful on the blog!

more birthday jewels

This time from the eminently creative and well respected jewellery maker – Jinx. They look beautiful on the blog!