I know an employee of a large financial institution that likes to meet with her manager in order to discuss her team member’s work behavior. (She basically throws them under the bus) This employee will casually mention that a team member is...
We use between 2,000 and 20,000 words a day on average. It’s no wonder that some conversations have happy outcomes and others not so hot outcomes. If we aren’t careful about some of the words we use in conversations with others there could be a...
Guess what? You’re not getting the best from your people. Seventy percent of US employees do not work to their full potential. You know how they say, “It’s not you; it’s me.” Well, it’s not. It’s you. If you don’t have a strategy...
What’s the biggest barrier in the way of your personal or professional development? Well, it could be you. But that’s the good news. It means that you can also remove those obstacles and achieve your definition of success.
This month (October 2012) we decided we would provide you insights that help you deliver the year end performance reviews to your employees. Last week’s post focused on putting the value back in performance appraisals. This week we want to offer...
We have disposable contact lens, disposable cameras, disposable headphones on airplanes.
Lest we add disposable employee appraisals to the list, we might want to consider ways to put more “value” into performance evaluations so that they...
I’m talking about motivation. Do you know what motivates your employees to get out of bed in the morning? With Millennials in the workforce, employers are scrambling to “figure them out.” What do they like and dislike? What are their goals? What...
