Talent and Knowledge workers

Came across this article Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent by Eric Jackson which is also true for small businesses.

No 1 is Big Company Bureaucracy which also could say Small Company Bureaucracy. I don't have experience working in a large corporation but do know what bureaucracy looks like in small tech firms, my background.

In the article I don't agree on No 3, Poor Annual Performance Reviews. Why not daily reviews or weekly reviews? Are official reviews really necessary? Should they be called reviews altogether? What could potentially replace them?

I want to read a book on this called Get Rid of the Performance Review!: How Companies Can Stop Intimidating, Start Managing--and Focus on What Really Matters by Samuel A. Culbert

Here is an excellent review on the book by Ron Baker

According to Ron's review, Culbert says that annual performance reviews is what creates bureaucracy.

After I read the book I will write a review here.