High-Performing Performance Management
Once upon a time, companies did performance appraisals. The focus was solely on performance evaluation-a judgmental, report-card kind of...
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Leadership Insights
Executive Coaching 101
Several studies have put the return on investment for executive coaching to be between 5 and 10 times the initial outlay. But actually,...
People Powered
Depending on how they foster talented employees, companies can either see great success or be battered by competitors. Which future will...
Are Your High-Value Hires On Board With Your Values and Goals?
"The soft stuff is always harder than the hard stuff. Human interactions are a lot tougher to manage than numbers and profits and...
Strategic Talent Acquisition
In an age when turnover costs are in the thousands of dollars per employee, here are four important steps to acquiring long-term people....
A Powerful Magnet, Great Cultures Attract Great People
North America is facing a talent and leadership shortage. At the same time, boards and financial markets are pressuring top executives to...
You're At War Over Talent
Profitability is about performance, and performance is about people—one person at a time and collectively. This is the basic math that...
Ready, Aim...Hesitate
There’s a bit of a mystery that plays out every day in virtually every organization no matter the size, the industry or the profit...
Guarding Against Value Destroyers
Every corporate suite has two types of executives. First, there are the value creators: those who believe in themselves, in the potential...
High-Stake Games; Playing Politics in the Office is Only Human Nature
One of the underpinnings of great human endeavors has always been self-interest. An inherent characteristic, it is a powerful, motivating...
"Bad Morale"—The Stuff of Nightmares
Whenever leaders hear the phrase “Bad Morale,” most would, at least privately, admit to experiencing an intense and deeply visceral fear...
Feedback: The Subtle Engine of Growth & Satisfaction
Feedback is not something that mankind invented; that honor goes to Mother Nature. Virtually every successful living organism, from...
Evolve or Perish
Lots of books, and even more articles, attempt to explain how various companies have managed to soundly outperform their entrenched and...
CAT Teams Do It Best
Empowering your employees to make their own decisions is the driver that allows your company to evolve and survive. There is something...
Elephants Unchained...Build Trust to Instill Confidence
Have you ever seen an elephant at a circus when he is not performing? Typically, you’ll find him tethered with a rope around one leg and...
Speaking and Listening With Intent
The ability to communicate something more than just the simplest of concepts is a distinguishing attribute that elevates humans above all...
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