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[CANMNT @CANMNT_Official]

RT if your country has won a Round-of-32 match at the FIFA World Cup 👀

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@StocksCross @MarkJCarney @CANMNT_Official Shut up

[Sydney Hunte @SHWrites]

This is now the GIF of the entire tournament. Don't @ me

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@justBlakePrice @Heavy__C It’s grass on the pitch and turf around the perimeter.

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@MassMan44 @TomZillich Not with Italian fans 😂

[Jacob Pacheco @JacobPacheco6]

This was the closing video at the end of Canada's #FIFAWorldCup roster announcement, & honestly, it got me a little emotional.

"They chose Canada."
Canada Strong. Canada Proud.
🍁⚽️🇨🇦❤️

Beautifully put together by TSN and @TSNScianitti. Give this a quick watch. #CANMNT

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@Van_Insider Such class act! 🥰

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@Gunner44James @aftncanada Axel has reached out privately to supporter groups to say they door is very much open for a local buyer but time running out.

[AFTN @aftncanada]

Vancouver fans making their feelings known outside today's #FIFACongress

🎶 The Whitecaps belong in Vancouver 🎶

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@StuInSF @iKlayThompson @QuakesEpicenter FIFA takes over the stadium in May- then WC matches June and July. Next home game August 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Kristin Raworth 🇨🇦 @KristinRaworth]

I've never sen anything more accurate

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@timothysees @dieworkwear @roxana_hadadi I follow Parker on IG he’s not like those guys at all he is married and doesn’t wear hyper “masculine” clothes. I can’t explain this book cover 🤷🏻‍♀️

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@audioalgorhythm @DoctorLemma Wait I was there at the Gorge for Sasquatch and Santigold!

[Vancouver Whitecaps FC @WhitecapsFC]

TAKE A BOW MR WHITE 🔥

Brian White becomes the first player to reach 100 goal contributions in our MLS era!

Congratulations Brian! 👏

#VWFC | #VANvMNUFC

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

If you are longing for a simpler time that is now gone forever, this video will likely hit HARD…
🥲

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@JasminLaine_ just say your carry on bag has batteries then you don’t have to check it

[Sarah Fields @SarahisCensored]

My sister sent this to me and said “I’m going to send this to anyone I know, is lying.” I cannot stop laughing.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

"Why does our top performer get the worst reviews?" the boss asked.

I was reviewing their annual performance data.

"Show me," I said.

She pulled up the ratings.
Diana: 2.8 out of 5.
Below average on "collaboration."
Low marks for "team player."

"What's her actual performance?" I asked.

"Exceeded every target.
Landed our biggest client.
Trained three new hires."

"So why the low scores?"

"Her peer reviews are dragging her down."

I scanned the comments.
"Too direct."
"Challenges ideas too much."
"Not supportive enough."

"Let me talk to Diana," I said.

"I used to give honest feedback," Diana told me.
"Said our pricing model was broken.
Got dinged for 'negativity.'"

"What happened with the pricing?"

"They finally fixed it six months later.
After we lost two major accounts."

"What else?"

"I questioned why we needed
eleven approvals for a simple contract change.
Manager said I wasn't being collaborative."

"Are you still giving feedback?"

"No. I learned my lesson.
Now I smile. Nod. Say everything's great.
My reviews are improving."

"But nothing's actually improving?"

"We're making the same mistakes.
Just with better vibes." She chuckled.

I went back to the boss.

"Your review system doesn't measure performance," I said.
"It measures compliance."

"That's not true."

"When was the last time someone
got promoted for challenging bad ideas?"

Silence.

"When did someone get rewarded for preventing a mistake?"

More silence.

"You've trained your best people to stay quiet.
And your mediocre people to stay nice."

A few months later, they redesigned the system.

Added a category: "Constructive Challenge."
Points for identifying problems early.
Rewards for preventing costly mistakes.

Diana got promoted.

"What changed?" I asked the boss.

"We stopped confusing agreement with alignment.
Stopped mistaking silence for harmony."

"And?"

"Turns out our 'difficult' people
were our most valuable.
They actually cared enough to speak up."

Here's the truth about performance reviews:

Most companies don't reward performance.
They reward performance theater.

The person who says the meeting was great
beats the person who says it wasted an hour.

The person who agrees with bad ideas
beats the person who prevents disasters.

You think you're measuring contribution.
You're measuring conformity.

And your best people?
They've already figured out the game.

They're just deciding whether to play it
or find somewhere that values truth over comfort.

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@pea_s49099 @DailyHiveVan MLS wants to expand the league not move teams ( plus they will get more money for a new team ) as per Axel

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@JayJanower Don’t forget the 3k fans going to be at the game!