Performance appraisal – The Musings of the Big Red Car

CEO Shoptalk: Doing The Bloody Work

Big Red Car — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:00:35 +0000

Other day a CEO who had been a client pre-Pandemic calls me and wants to chat about the difficulties of getting folks back to the office who had been weaned from the office whilst working from home during the Pandemic and post-Pandemic, hardly a novel topic. As I often do, I explored the basis for […]

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CEO Shoptalk — End-Of-Year Reflection And Musing

Big Red Car — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:58:54 +0000

A client of mine a few years ago said, “You always make me think, and I prepare for our meetings.” That is a good thing and it makes me feel good. Nothing wrong with thinking, but it should be more than that. At the end of every year, a CEO/founder/entrepreneur should conduct a bit of […]

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CEO Shoptalk — CEO Self Help, Self Appraisal

Big Red Car — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:23:02 +0000

I am a huge fan of routine, standard operating procedures, process development/management, and ritual. I am also a big fan of regular, rigorous Performance Appraisal and, in particular, Boards of Directors appraising the performance of their CEOs, and CEOs demanding an in-depth appraisal by the Board (subset of the Board is fine, try to get […]

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Performance Appraisal As Inspiration And Motivation

Big Red Car — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:50:03 +0000

Performance appraisal in small to medium companies (including startups) is one of those things that CEOs equate to going to the dentist. Not only do they not like it, they are not good at it. There are a lot of very odd ideas at play here in the performance appraisal business — 360 degree appraisals […]

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The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Discipline

Big Red Car — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:38:20 +0000

Big Red Car here. I guess you’re getting tired of hearing about the warm, sunny weather here in the ATX. It is July, ya’ll, and it is typical for these times. Today will be another beautiful day in paradise. On Earth as it is in Texas! So The Boss is talking to one of his […]

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CEO Performance Appraisal

Big Red Car — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:34:49 +0000

Big Red Car here. Going to be another nice day here in the ATX. Why not? So The Boss was visiting with one of his CEO pals and the subject turned to the issue of performance appraisal. CEO performance appraisal. This particular CEO is working for a well developed company that is clearly successful and […]

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Company Culture — Clear Definition

Big Red Car — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:49:51 +0000

Big Red Car here. OK, Old Sport, summer is here. Going to have a few isolated thunderstorms today and then it is going to to be hot, hot, hot for the rest of June. Oh, I love summer! Summer in the ATX! On Earth as it is in Austin, Texas! So, let’s get back on […]

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C Level Employment Agreement — Short Term Incentive Compensation

Big Red Car — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:00:08 +0000

Big Red Car here on a decidedly drippy and wet Saturday morning. Ugh. Haha, Big Red Car, get your mind right, you say. This is late May when we get our beloved rains and our lakes fill up. Alas, the Big Red Car is a very, very, very self-centered Big Red Car and thinks only […]

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“C” Level Employment Agreement — Position

Big Red Car — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:23:06 +0000

Big Red Car here. Going to be a beautiful day here in the ATX. The Boss was out of here early and had coffee with a pal. I got to take a quick ride over to the coffee shop and had a nice chat with a very attractive little Mercedes convertible. What a doll. Hehe, […]

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Vision, Mission, Strategy, Values >>>>> OBJECTIVES

Big Red Car — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:51:45 +0000

Big Red Car here. Bluebird day here in the ATX. Top down day. So The Boss gets a bunch of emails in regard to the post about Performance Appraisal. He gave away a free exemplar — a form — which showed how he used to do this years ago. You can get one at that […]

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