Oops! You mean there’s a better way to improve performance?

OOPS! 13 Management Practices That Waste Time and Money. The book is about behavioral science, detailing the basis for how humans behave toward typical ways business is done. You might be just as surprised as I was to find that one of the most relevant, counter intuitive practices outlined here is Salary and Hourly Pay, otherwise known as Oops #6.

2 You must have an easy way to measure the results and behaviors

3 The measure should be one that can be easily tracked by the performer

We are considering using a scorecard that lists key activities, putting more weight on the ones that we value the most, to get more focus on performance for our development team. This will be a big leap toward everyone having their mindset on getting the right things done. I am excited to see how this will affect, and hopefully improve our performance.