Forced Ranking - Good, Bad or Both?
When: Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
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The two speakers will present their views, conduct real-time research and invite the audience to participate in the discussion. Raj Ramachandran will discuss the pros while Sue Todd will highlight research that shows the negatives. Some of the issues they will debate include: Does a company’s overall performance improve under a forced ranking system? Does it create a true meritocracy? Does the practice fly in the face of teamwork and building a culture of trust? Or is the answer somewhere in between?
- How forced ranking programs work
- What research shows are pros and cons of forced ranking
- What companies report are the benefits and side effects of forced ranking
Presenters:
Raj recently joined CUX as Performance Management Research Practice Leader. Raj has 10 years experience in learning and performance, studying strategies and practices in Global 2000 organizations, including Goodyear, Dow Chemical, Washington Mutual and Sprint. Prior to joining CUX, Raj was the learning and performance management practice lead for TPI, a global sourcing advisory firm. He has also served as a business process consultant for IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Sue Todd is President of Corporate University Xchange. She works as an advisor to Global 2000 organizations on all aspects of designing learning strategies, monitoring the impact of learning and development on business performance, and implementing enterprise-wide learning technology infrastructures. Sue also administers the development of CorpU research.
Sue has more than 20 years of experience consulting with corporate universities and learning and development groups on performance management, eLearning, learning content, program measurement and other HR and training-related topics. She has taken the lead on corporate university design projects with companies like Air Products, M&M Mars, Rio Tinto and others, and has presented at ASTD and Training events and other industry conferences.