Yearly Review- your monthly wars

Its that time of the year when bosses review performances. You tell your people how much they have contributed towards the growth of the company. Ever so often pople have expectations of their raise and bonuses in their minds. Its rare people look at it as development tool, no matter how much its meant to be.

Every Month:

For a manager – every month is a battlefield, they (team members, bosses, SLAs) are your terrain, where we advance, retreat try to remove all the land mines.

You prepare your combat plan, month on month. It takes creativity, a skill that we all posses in ambundance. Sometimes people get it, some get blown away, some learn to make their own, and some just quit and many hover an cling on to civilian side- don't take any risks.
And just when you think you have won the battle and the world is a safe place again, along comes another landmine..

Some wars are never over.. some end in an uneasy truce; some wars result in complete and total victory; Some wars end with a peace offering and some wars end in hope. But all these wars are nothing compare to the most frightening one of all


- The one you have yet to fight.