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Deming on Merit Ratings
The idea of a merit rating is alluring.The sound of the words captivates the imagination: pay for what you get; get what you pay for; motivate people to do their best, for their own good.
The effect is exactly the opposite of what the words promise.
W Edwards Deming
Deming on Training
Money and time spent for training will be ineffective unless inhibitors to good work are removed.W Edwards Deming
Deming on Method
Hopes without a method to achieve them will remain hopesW Edwards Deming
Deming on Merit Systems
The merit rating rewards people that conform to the system. It does not reward attempts to improve the system. Don’t rock the boat.Everyone propels himself forward, or tries to, for his own good, on his own life preserver.
The organization is the loser.
W Edwards Deming
W Edwards Deming
Deming on Quality Inspection
Our system of make and inspect, if applied to making toast, would be expressed as “You burn, I’ll scrape”W Edwards Deming
Deming on Joy
People are entitled to joy in workW Edwards Deming
Hold Trust
And Express Appreciation
Jean Tabaka
Meadows on Feedback Loops
Missing feedback is one of the most common causes of system malfunction. Adding or restoring information can be a powerful intervention,What makes a team is task or emotional interdependence.
Kotter on Vision
If you can’t communicate the vision to someone in 5 minutes or less, and get a reaction that signifies both understanding and interest, you are not done.John Kotter
Marquet on Empowerment Particpation
You cannot enforce participation in an empowerment program.L David Marquet
Marquet on Emancipation
You know you have an emancipated team, when you no longer need to empower them. In fact you no longer have the ability to. Because they’re no longer relying on you as a source of power.
L David Marquet
