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I like the concept of putting managers on some sort of performance track. That is an interesting idea. I wonder what organizations would look like if this was a

• binarymax 14y ago
  I imagine that the org structure would flatten out a bit, and the stereotypical 'office space' managers would be shaking in their boots. The employees of these organisations would feel empowered and generally be happier - but I won't speculate on whether that would improve productivity for the company (though I have seen research that says it would).
• Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
  The reality is that managers are performance managed, just what their teams think isn't normally one of the metrics because many organisations by and large don't care that much. Speaking as a manager you'd be surprised (actually scrub that, you wouldn't) how often when I raise concerns the team has the instruction comes back "screw what the team thinks or wants, just do X" (where X flies in the face of what the team want and best practice but supports what the screaming customer and short term revenue demands). Organisations that genuinely care about the staff I don't think would change much, those who don't won't ever do it so it's kind of moot.
• blablabla123 14y ago
  >I wonder what organizations would look like if this was allowed to happen. Probably microscopic shitstorms, not large ones because only a minority is affected. But in the long run it would probably change everything in organizations with management problems. I think hiring policies would also change a lot.