Traditional performance management systems tend to be punitive systems of ranking and rating past performance rather than productive systems focused on developing and promoting better performance. Coaching, mentoring, and developing employees can increase performance and help retain the employee. Many contemporary organizations believe that traditional performance management needs to be replaced with less formal and more frequent performance discussions. Prior to beginning this discussion, review the articles Performance Management Is Broken: Replace "Rank and Yank" With Coaching and DevelopmentLinks to an external site., and Four Keys to Establishing a Coaching CultureLinks to an external site.. Analyze how modern methods affect organizational morale and organizational empowerment. Compare and contrast the "rank and yank" system with the coaching and development method. Evaluate what changes need to be made to stop "ranking and yanking" and increase coaching and development.