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Who We Are
As a Human Resources practitioner, Mary Jenkins learned first hand about the destruction caused by the well-intended practice of Performance Appraisals. Too many times, people were damaged, relationships destroyed, and the resultant fear impeded creativity.
Believing these were natural reactions to an unnatural process, Mary works with organizations courageous enough to take a different approach. Typically, traditional ratings are discarded leaving the question: “If you don’t have a performance rating, how would you pay people?” In a non-traditional move, Mary partnered with design engineer Howard Stanton to answer this question. The result is a compensation planning tool that is flexible, laser focused, and eye opening. Ironically, this tool is equally effective in organizations that have maintained a performance rating process. Mary Jenkins: Consultant, Lecturer & Author
Mary Jenkins is a Human Resources consultant, lecturer, and author specializing in strategic planning and system design. She has held executive HR/OD positions in both manufacturing and healthcare. Based on a 5 year working relationship with Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Mary has integrated his quality philosophy and management principles with her knowledge of organization development and Human Resources design, resulting in a unique approach to organizational improvement. She has partnered with a wide range of clients in business, education, government, and healthcare. Her style and unique approach have earned her many long standing relationships with clients who remain connected for exploring new ideas and innovative thinking.
Mary is co-author of the book, Abolishing Performance Appraisals - Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead. It has been published in 4 languages, and is referenced frequently in academia and the media, including CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, HR Executive, and Harvard Management Update. She is also a contributing author to several books focused on emerging practices in H.R. Howard Stanton: Design Engineer
Howard Stanton is an experienced product engineer and has led the development of engines and transmissions for General Motors vehicles.
With extensive background in product quality and program management, Howard applies his business expertise and technical skills to improve Human Resource processes and systems. The application of his engineering toolset to compensation planning creates instant visibility and a degree of precision that is unique to Jenkins People Systems. 
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