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I feel high achievers are a big time loosers in the current reward systems.

High achievers at most of the companies are given a raise of maximum of 6%, and a average achiever gets a 3-4%. But there is huge variance in the productivity of high achievers and an average achiever to the tune of 100% in some instances. Companies might need to give some more rewards like stock options or one time bonus to the high achievers. Managers should ask the high achievers as to what they would need to get from that company to keep the same momentum going else slowly the inefficiencies will creep in and will fade away the high performance. High performers do not just work for money and are not motivated by money flowing into their pockets but money can surely be a demotivater for them if they realise that a person ‘hardly’ working is getting almost as good a rasie as him or her.

Posted under On Leadeship

“Advanced Micro Devices Inc. added to a list of accusations against its rival Intel Corp., claiming the company put pressure on computer companies not to buy chips from AMD.The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that a filing in the antitrust case brought by Sunnyvale-based AMD (NYSE:AMD) against Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) builds on a June 2005 antitrust complaint the company first filed.

AMD says Intel has maintained an illegal monopoly in the microprocessor market. ”

This is interesting - first AMD makes bad quality products compared to Intel, and when Intel captures the market AMD whines. I will not be surprized if AMD wins the case.

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