Brummel Out

Woody Leonhard in InfoWorld: Brummel bails: Another member of the Microsoft old guard to leave.

“Lisa Brummel who, rightly or wrongly, was associated in many employees’ minds with the detested stack ranking system, leaves at the end of the year. With 25 years at Microsoft and almost a decade leading the Human Resources organization, she’s one of the last of the Ballmer inner circle to hit the trail…

“Opinions vary as to whether Brummel created Microsoft’s version of the stack ranking system or merely enforced it with an iron hand. But legions of Microsoft employees will remember her for the system that forced co-workers to compete, not cooperate.”

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