Stop Managing Performance, Start Enabling It: Dr. Edie Goldberg on the New Talent Management Para...

What if everything you've been taught about managing performance was built for a workplace that no longer exists? Dr. Edie Goldberg returns to A World of Difference to unpack the research behind her new book, revealing why the system most companies use to drive performance is quietly working against them. Topics Covered • Why “coercive control” — carrots, sticks, and fear-based motivation — is the hidden operating system behind most performance management, and why the research says it doesn't work • The shift from measuring performance to enabling it: transparency, trust, autonomy, and connecting work to purpose • Why only 4% of employees revisit their goals mid-year, and how to make goal-setting actually motivating • What a real “performance feedback culture” looks like, and the four conditions that predict it • How AI can genuinely support performance enablement (goal clarity, personalized development, reduced bias) — and where it can quietly go wrong • The bias built into hiring and performance systems, and what a well-designed AI process can do differently Guest Bio Dr. Edie Goldberg is founder and president of E. L. Goldberg and Associates, a globally recognized expert in talent management and the future of work, and a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is co-author of Performance Enablement: A Model for Driving Organizational Performance and The Inside Gig: How Sharing Talent Across Boundaries Unleashes Organizational Capacity. Timestamps • 00:00 – Cold open • 01:13 – Why Edie wrote this book now • 05:34 – Coercive control as a management strategy • 09:13 – The new paradigm: enabling control • 14:27 – The elephant in the room: managers spend 90% of their time doing the work • 21:44 – Why goal-setting fails (the 4% problem) • 28:11 – AI's real impact on performance management • 37:14 – Bias in AI hiring and performance systems • 44:11 – Where to find Edie and her book • 48:00 – Passport Stamp: New Zealand (a shout out to the Kiwis who listen from Aotearoa, the Maori word for New Zealand) Watch the exclusive, bonus episode on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdiffe...) . Find Dr. Edie Goldberg At elgoldberg.com (https://elgoldberg.com)   |  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/edie-goldberg-phd  (  / edie-goldberg-phd   ) |  Book: Performance Enablement (https://www.performance-enablement.com/) Subscribe, leave a review (https://aworldofdifferencepodcast.com...) , and share this episode. Watch this episode on Youtube (   • Coercive Control Is Killing Your Team's Pe...  ) . Visit aworldofdifferencepodcast.com (https://aworldofdifferencepodcast.com) for more resources. Thinking about a life abroad? I use and recommend Expatsi (https://www.expatsi.com/?ref=2kJ926HZ) to help navigate the move . As an affiliate, I may earn a small commission. Brava Curious what Brava Global Advisory could do for your team or your own leadership? Head to https://www.bravaglobaladvisory.com/v... to see how we work together and where to start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://megaphone.fm/adchoices)