Performance Project

Arizona Diamondbacks Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer Marian Rhodes throws just enough curveballs to keep employees engaged during the summer slog and hopeful for a postseason run.

It seems like everywhere you look these days, people are aspiring to be rock stars. Can you give a killer slide presentation? Then you’re a PowerPoint rock star! Are you especially gifted in dealing with people?

How organizations assess and select high-potential talent is a source of unnecessary friction. Clear criteria and communication are key to developing a deep bench.

Here's the good news. If you want to become an expert in your field, be that art, sport or business - you can.

One of the biggest frustrations I’ve heard from managers — both middle and senior level executives — is how few employees seem to care about how they, the employee, can help their employer.

Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s General Manager, described in Moneyball the need to rethink his team’s business (baseball) and make a scientific investigation of the sport by determining what qualities in an athlete converted into wins or baseball...

As most readers of my blog know, I’m Irish. Though I tend to divide my time between our Dublin and Boston offices, I can’t claim to be true fan of any American sporting leagues.