Get rid of the performance review : how companies can stop intimidating, start managing--and focus on what really matters / Samuel A. Culbert with Lawrence Rout. [print]

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Now look at the mess you've made If the performance review doesn't work, why does everyone use it? From my point of view, i'm objective Pay for performance-- and other lies your bosses tell you Here's what's wrong with you--now fix it We're all in this together. Not There has to be a better way. And there is You can get there from here In case you still have doubts What's it going to be?

Argues that performance reviews destroy the morale and teamwork of employees, impedes personal growth, and is a fraudulent process, and offers a plan to enable mangers to build trust with employees and gain positive organizational results.

Samuel A. Culbert is Professor of Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is the recipient of the American Association of Publishers Best Management Book of the Year award and the Harvard Business Review McKinsey Award. Larry Rout is a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal. It was he who wrote the original explosive article about Culbert's views on performance reviews.