By Robert Bacal - Quick explanation of what is called rank and yank as a method of evaluating, and firing the worst performing employees, and popularized by Jack Welch ^new (Added: 12-Oct-2006 Hits: 232 )

By Robert Bacal - Rank and yank can seem to work, but the Jack Welch syndrome accounts for why some companies that claim success based on rank and yank have made a number of logical errors and drawn false conclusions. ^new (Added: 12-Oct-2006 Hits: 210 )

By na - Let's get down to brass tacks. People are not race horses. We are complex, multi-dimensional individuals who contribute on a lot of different levels and interact in ways that outstrip our individual contributions. All joking aside, forced ranking is wrong because it's insulting and dehumanizing. It doesn't improve performance and it gives managers another trumped-up shield against actually managing people. Tech leaders should drop this antiquated, pet-psychic approach to leadership like a hot potato. Quit ranking your workers and start respecting what they bring to the table. If someone isn't working, fire them. (Added: 28-Jul-2005 Hits: 1032 )

By Carol Hymowitz - MANY CHIEF EXECUTIVES, from General Electric's Jack Welch to Enron's Jeffrey Skilling and Ford's Jacques Nasser, swear by the process. Many of their employees swear about it. There are some serious drawbacks and concerns about ranking employees as a method for improving performance. Learn more. (Added: 28-Jul-2005 Hits: 977 )

By Andy Meisler - Forced ranking is a subject that makes many top managers cringe. "I believe that the reason for the great reluctance about talking about forced ranking," says Dick Grote, founder and head of Grote Consulting Corporation in Addison, Texas, "is that in our culture we have a bone-deep belief in egalitarianism. That all people are essentially the same. And one of the great advantages of forced ranking is that it requires reluctant managers to actually identify the most and the least talented members of the work group." (Added: 8-Aug-2005 Hits: 715 )

By Loren Gary - Performance appraisals used to be a way to reward employees. Now so-called forced rankings are being used to lay them off. But will you be sued if you use them? (Added: 28-Jul-2005 Hits: 688 )

By Tom Osborne and Laurie A. McCann - Comprehensive discussion of employee forced ranking systems, legal and ethical issues, and effectiveness. Highly recommended. (Added: 28-Jul-2005 Hits: 324 )