Individual performance appraisals are perfect to destroy the cohesion in a team Ageling on Agile • 157 implied HN points • 10 Jan 24 💼 Business Team Dynamics Employee Motivation Performance evaluation Individual performance appraisals can break team unity. They can demotivate team members. Focus on team goals over individual goals to enhance collaboration.
Giving Feedback Build To Scale • 39 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24 💼 Business Management Feedback Leadership Career development Performance evaluation Feedback should be timely, specific, and actionable to help someone improve. Good managers teach employees best practices in their field, emphasizing long-term success over quick fixes. Deliver feedback with kindness and the goal of helping someone grow, erring on over-communication to ensure clarity and development.
Orca - a New Open Source LLM Champ Prompt Engineering • 98 implied HN points • 08 Jun 23 🕹 Technology Open Source Language Models Performance evaluation Artificial Intelligence Orca model outperforms other open-source models on benchmarks. Despite having 13B parameters, Orca rivals larger models like GPT-4. Orca's success is attributed to leveraging reasoning capabilities of GPT-4 through specific prompts.
Manage your capacity, not your time The Engineering Manager • 23 implied HN points • 15 Oct 23 💼 Business Time management Productivity Work-life balance Energy Levels Performance evaluation Focus on managing your capacity instead of just your time for better work quality. Allocate your workload leaving some time unallocated for unexpected events. Be mindful of your energy levels as they directly impact your work capacity.
The Trench Warfare 2023 NFL Draft Film Room - Episode 2 featuring Northwestern LT Peter Skoronski Trench Warfare • 58 implied HN points • 20 Feb 23 🎾 Sports NFL Draft Player analysis Technique Performance evaluation College Football The film room series dives deep into OL prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft. Peter Skoronski is a standout prospect with potential to excel at multiple positions on the offensive line. The episode covers Skoronski's technique, advice from mentors, and insights into his preparation and game strategies.
You already have a ticket for this bus The Down Round • 19 implied HN points • 15 May 23 💼 Business Startup Investing Management Performance evaluation Accountability Decision-making Investors should support startups with helpful advice on future decisions. Criticism should be constructive and not dwell on past mistakes. Investors bear responsibility for the decisions made in the past and should focus on moving forward.
The Brutal Beauty of Baseball I Might Be Wrong • 5 implied HN points • 16 Aug 23 🎾 Sports Baseball Performance evaluation Fairness Meritocracy Player development In baseball, performance is meticulously tracked and players are fast-tracked or let go based on their stats. Baseball's ruthless meritocracy can be seen as fair, ensuring the best players rise to the top. The system of evaluating players in baseball has benefits and drawbacks, similar to real-world job evaluations.