One of the most interesting and sad things we see in organizations is managers that keep an underperforming employee on their team when it’s obvious to them and even people around them that this employee is just not qualified for
Read more →We love this quote… “Good intentions are no excuse for incompetence” – Peter Drucker Every time you are about to make an excuse for yourself or your direct reports for under-performance, think of this quote. Then ask yourself if you
Read more →Our most popular blog posting over the past two months has been a post called “Motivating Your Staff”. In fact, this post has received almost twice as many views as the second most popular post. Our training sessions on motivation
Read more →We couldn’t begin to tell you how many times over the years we’ve heard leaders, managers and employees say these words… “It’s different here”. It’s the universal excuse for not being remarkable and not implementing an advocate culture. When leaders
Read more →Have you ever heard the the saying… “The last thing you do is the most important thing you do”? I can’t tell you how many movies I’ve watched over the years that were quite good, up until the last thing.
Read more →Very few leaders and managers work from a list. In fact over 80 percent do not have an updated disciplined approach to daily management. This is the primary reason so many of you say you are “too busy.” We have
Read more →As winter approaches I begin to think of last year’s winter. Will it be as cold? Will we get snow in south Louisiana again? I remember last year, Washington, DC got hit with some pretty bad weather on a few
Read more →Take a few minutes to listen to this recording of Nolan explaining the rules that need to be followed in order to hold an effective weekly team meeting. [audio http://www.divshare.com/direct/13073024-fdb.mp3]
Read more →This is the time of year we spend in evaluation and planning. Part of the evaluation process is looking at the core scores and determining which managers are managing or not managing. During this year’s analysis we broke our managers
Read more →If you’re a manager you should read this article. Click the link below. Bosses Overestimate Their Managing Skill
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