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CHAPTER SIX

Performance

Management

‘‘He who heeds discipline shows the way to life... but whomever ignores

correction leads others astray.’’

—P. 12:1

‘‘I have not hesitated to preach anything that might be helpful to you.’’

—A20:18

f you had mentioned the phrase ‘‘performance manage-
ment’’ to anyone in the Bible (even if you tried to translate
it into Hebrew or Aramaic), you probably would have been
accused of speaking in tongues. Actually, you might have
been accused of speaking in tongues if you’d used these words in an
American corporation a decade or two ago.
Performance management includes the following three stages: one,
goal setting and motivation (usually done ‘‘in the beginning,’’ before
much action has taken place); two, encouragement (applied while the
task is being accomplished); and three, rewards and consequences
(applied after the task has been completed). When correctly applied,
performance management spurs people on to even greater accomplish-

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