An interview with Mel Blondell, Managing Director of Red Seed Productivity Strategists, a consultancy that helps businesses develop people and process strategies to improve productivity and gain competitive advantage. Mel is an experienced executive HR specialist, with leadership experience in the construction, mining, accounting, telecommunications, not-for-profit and public sectors. In this interview, Mel touches on the importance of what leaders do & don't communicate to their teams, the role of measuring performance & delivering feedback, and how the annual performance review is being (and needs to be) replaced with a better alternative.