As Microsoft, IBM and numerous other organizations have shown, stack ranking is one of the worst ways to assess who to cut. It solves the C-suite issue of cutti

As Microsoft, IBM and numerous other organizations have shown, stack ranking is one of the worst ways to assess who to cut. It solves the C-suite issue of cutting the headcount quickly to satiate shareholders, but doesn't solve the manager's problem of making cuts in a way that allows performance to remain high.