Performance improvement plans are on the rise. Workers dread them. Managers do too.

Sticky notes in meetings, co-workers’ input and AI evaluations will keep workers constantly informed of their performance.

Here’s a fundamental truth: Abrasive leadership is tolerated - even rewarded – almost everywhere. And chances are that in the course of your career as a senior leader (or HR professional supporting senior leaders), you too may have allowed it to happen on your watch.

The firm tells The Washington Post that it will abandon its old system for all 330,000 employees, starting in September.