Employee Ranking Systems

Rank and Yank - Fallacy #1 - New Hires Will Outperform Yanked Employees

By Robert Bacal - Rank and yank is based on a number of false assumptions. We examine the first which has to do with the idea that new hires will be better than the people that got yanked. (Added: 12-Oct-2006 Hits: 451 )

Rank and Yank - Fallacy #2 - Ignoring the Difference Between Incompetent and Less Competent

By Robert Bacal - One fallacy upon which rank and yank procedures are based has to do with the absolute differences between poor employees and less poor employees. (Added: 9-Jul-2007 Hits: 539 )

The Cenek Report - Journal - Forced Ranking Forces Fear

By na - A must read for anyone interested in how the ranking of employees, and rank and yank affects companies over the longer haul. These comments were written by an Amazon Top 10 reviewer in extolling Dick Grote’s new book, “Forced Ranking: Making Performance Management Work.” What’s striking about the reviewer’s comments is that he or she apparently sees no connection between forced ranking.................. and Enron’s implosion! Was any of the chicanery that occurred at Enron directly attributable to a work culture that endorsed pugilistic contests and organizational Darwinism at all costs? (Added: 27-Jun-2006 Hits: 483 )

The Top 10 Reasons Why 'Forced ranking' Quota Systems Don't Work

By na - In recent years some industrial leaders and major corporations have advocated a system of "forced ranking and elimination" of an arbitrary percentage (often 10%) of the lowest performing employees every year. Not all organizational experts agree that this is an effective system. Some believe that it can lead to an attitude of fear, unwillingness to make mistakes, and to stifled creativity. Here are some of the counter-arguments to forced ranking, summarized from an article by Edward E. Lawler III in 'strategy business.' (Added: 28-Dec-2004 Hits: 539 )

What Is Employee Ranking?

By Robert Bacal - Short explanation of what employee ranking involves. (Added: 12-Oct-2006 Hits: 705 )

What Is Rank and Yank

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 (Added: 12-Oct-2006 Hits: 478 )

Why Does Rank and Yank Seem To Work? (The Jack Welch Syndrome)

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. (Added: 12-Oct-2006 Hits: 455 )