Bureaucratic sorts are drawn to numbers because numbers can be gathered and processed and manipulated, all with the goal of lifetime employment for those bean counters.
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Bob, not his real name, was talking about one of his early post college jobs.
In the U.S., it seems that lots of people expect a tip, from the person who simply hands you your coffee at Starbucks to, I’d expect, hospital administrators (but only at for-profit facilities). Okay, just kidding, but you get the idea.
You get what you pay for. If you try to get it without paying for it, you won’t get much of it, at least not of high quality. And you are probably stealing. The irony is that you are stealing from yourself, from your future. Medical Group Compensation Plans What does your medical group’s compensation […]
In the U.S., it seems that lots of people expect a tip, from the person who simply hands you your coffee at Starbucks to, I’d expect, hospital administrators (but only at for-profit facilities). Okay, just kidding, but you get the idea.
Bob, not his real name, was talking about one of his early post college jobs.
What are you incentivizing your employees or independent contractors to do? And what if those incentives are driving them to not do other things that are far more essential for your business? Or, even worse, what if those incentives are driving them to do things that are clearly detrimental to your business?
The smarter you work, the more you make.
The harder you work, the more you make.
If all you reward is churning out units then don’t be surprised when anything that gets in the way of so-called productivity gets short shrift . . . or worse.