Voting sounds like a great idea. But how are we going to have elections?
Ultimately, votes are not about elections. Votes are about power. A vote is fundamentally an expression of power – your power over your leader. The boss’s power over you is expressed through appraisals. Your continued existence – your pay, health insurance and so on – in the organization depends on it. The boss already ‘votes’ for you through the appraisal – if you get a good rating you’re voted in, a bad one means you’re voted out (fired). So your boss has a lot of power. Similarly, you should have the power to appraise your boss. Of course, it would be even better if, at the end of the appraisal, you expressed your decision through an actual vote.
