Posts Tagged ‘performance management’
Why Every Manager Should Hold One-on-One Meetings, And How To Do Them Well
Throughout the first decade or more of my career, most of my bosses, even the lackluster ones, met with me individually on a regular basis. This led me to believe that holding regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings with staff was a generally accepted basic management practice. However, when I began my consulting work, I soon discovered…
Read MoreWhy We’re Quick To Blame And Slow To Praise
I once worked with a VP of Operations who found it nearly impossible to praise the people who reported to him for doing good work. Don’t get me wrong, he was a super nice guy. In fact, he possessed the rare combination of a good natured, humble personality and an almost genius level IQ. But…
Read MoreCreating The Conditions Of Accountability
“Apples simply don’t grow for me.” I thought to myself as I looked at the spindly bare twigs poking out of the thin trunk. I had planted an apple tree in my back yard two years previously and was getting frustrated with its lack of production. Having bought an apple tree, I dug a hole,…
Read More7 Ways Performance Reviews Kill Performance
The annual performance review is widely believed to be the least popular practice in business. An artifact from post WWII corporate America, performance reviews have been described as a “rite of corporate kabuki.” Stanford University professor and leadership author Bob Sutton says that doing performance evaluations well is like “doing blood-letting well — it is…
Read MoreHow To Cure a Passive-Aggressive Culture
It’s one thing to have to deal with one person at work who uses passive-aggressive tactics, but what do you do when your workplace culture actually promotes this type of dysfunctional communication and behaviour? Do any of these situations sound familiar? Implying that someone is stupid without actually saying it, such as “You should know…
Read More3 Essential Elements of a Learning Organization
Do you know someone who has had many experiences that should have taught them something (humility, money management, stop dating losers, etc.) but they haven’t learned it? Easy, right? We can all point to people who haven’t learned from their experiences. Now what if I asked you, “What changes have you made in the last…
Read MoreWhen is the Right Time to Start a Big People Project?
“Now isn’t the right time.” As a leadership development consultant, I’ve heard that phrase more than you can imagine. I help organizations of all sizes to implement a process to continually develop their people. That’s no small undertaking. It’s not surprising that business leaders are a little hesitant about jumping headlong into a project that…
Read MoreWhy Some Leaders Become Legendary, And How You Can Too!
If I asked you to name some legendary leaders, who do you think of? You might think of people like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Jesus, or the Dalai Lama, among others. Each of these leaders became legendary because, like the metaphorical pebble thrown in the pond, their influence is…
Read MoreIs Your Company Ready for the Impending Grey Tsunami?
“The sky is falling!” “The sky is falling!” You know the story—Chicken Little gets hit on the head by an acorn, hemistakenly believes that the sky is falling, and then he runs around hysterically warning others of an impending disaster that never happens. Likewise, for the last decade or more you may have also…
Read MoreThe Career Coach Model: A Proven Shortcut To World-Class People Development
What business leader wouldn’t want their company to be thought of as the Google of their industry? Brilliant people lining up to get a job… soaring stock price… the company that everyone’s chasing. Ahh, what a dream! You can stop dreaming now because there’s something quite simple you can do to help get you there.…
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