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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:43 PM

LEADERSHIP MATTERS: ‘Performance contracting’ essential

By KEVIN EICHNER, Leadership Matters

If I had to choose just one skill among many that leader/managers ought to possess, I would select performance contracting.

This is a mutual process by which the parties (two or more) agree on what is to be done, how it is to be measured and what outcomes can be expected. When done well, it can inspire people and give them necessary direction. When done poorly, it is the source of more organization dysfunction and stomach-acid than anything I can think of.

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