The Debate Over Forced Ranking

How to Get Rid of Employees in the Bottom Band, Reward the High Achievers, and Repeat

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Forced ranking has historically been a controversial strategy, with detractors arguing that it is not an effective way to determine individual performance or encourage high performance. Proponents, on the other hand, argue that forced ranking has a lot of advantages and…