Word: dependability
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...clients to write evaluations on their behalf. Moreover, anyone in the company can voluntarily submit a review of anyone else's performance. All this makes Enron's approach "a lot less subjective and a lot less random," says Steve Kean, an executive vice president, because "it doesn't depend on the views of any individual supervisor...
...clients to write evaluations on their behalf. Moreover, anyone in the company can voluntarily submit a review of anyone else's performance. All this makes Enron's approach "a lot less subjective and a lot less random," says Steve Kean, an executive vice president, because "it doesn't depend on the views of any individual supervisor...
...What it does depend on is the willingness of managers to fight for valued employees during what can swiftly become a brutal horse-trading session. "Even if everyone did great," says the former Enron employee, "someone has to fall into the 'needs improvement' category...
...That means a less centralized vision for reform. And, say several people close to him, Blair is changing. "He's more confident," says one. "There's a serenity that's new." In this case, will the personal become the political? If, as Blair says, the success of his reforms depends on decentralizing power, the fate of the two Britains may depend to a surprising degree on what is happening inside the mind...
...will be heading toward a historic first: two full terms of a Labour government and a run at a third. Blair doesn't want to look power-mad by talking about the next election, but it's already in his sights - and he knows that winning it will depend on visibly fixing what ails Britain. One Labour insider says that "politics in a second term will become quite mundane, focusing on the nitty-gritty of how hospitals, doctors' surgeries, classrooms work." Another says that while implementing detailed reforms is not Blair's strong point, he will slog through...