Don’t Let Employee Incentive Programs Creep Up On You 21st November 2019 Incentives—are they motivating factors that only come from our economic selfishness? Or is it just setting a specific goal and […]
4 Ways To Show You Have Valuable Skills, Not Just Luck 19th November 2019 It’s easy to rag on others around us by attributing their success to sheer dumb luck. We excuse our own […]
Writing Performance Reviews Without the Blood, Sweat and Tears 14th November 201914th November 2019 Like all managers, I have spent many frustrating hours trying to write performance reviews. It starts with searching for the […]
Grab Your Sweatband and Join the Leadership Race 12th November 2019 What’s your strategy for winning the leadership race? It’s time to bump the old you out of the race for […]
Silence is Golden 5th November 2019 The biggest mistake managers make in performance management is wanting to tell an employee what to do. My definition of […]
“I Disagree” Is Not An Option 31st October 2019 Have you ever felt like you’re playing charades so that someone will understand what you’re trying to say? You try […]
Don’t Be a Dictator! Let The Employee Talk About How They View Their Own Performance 29th October 2019 Let’s say you’re sitting down to deliver a performance review to one of your employees, or you’re doing a performance […]
Striving For Failure 22nd October 201922nd October 2019 Dealing with failure is about as glorious as Black Friday shopping. It’s a huge hassel. There’s disappointment, rage, the price […]
Surviving Your Performance Review 17th October 2019 No one likes performance reviews. Traditional reviews are neither pleasant to give nor get. They make everyone feel anxious and usually […]
Poor Listening Can Become Expensive 10th October 201910th October 2019 Companies lose money everyday from simply not listening. A hundred here, a thousand there—time is crucial, and there’s just not […]
