The Case For 20-70-10
Critics call it rank and yank. But this is the kindest, fairest evaluation system out there
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By Jack and Suzy Welch
I really support differentiation—ranking employees into performance categories of the top 20%, middle 70%, and bottom 10%, and then managing them "up or out" accordingly. But don't companies face all sorts of resistance when they try to implement this system?