Employee performance: A pervasive myth

We let ourselves believe a lot of things about work, and how people relate to work, that aren't really true.

If I had to really guess about employee performance, I'd say it's a lip service concept to most people who run companies. They talk about it, sure -- war for talent, talent strategy, we need the best people, A-Players, etc. -- but I think the prevailing mentality of a lot of companies (and their leadership) is that your processes and your products (serv…