Empowering Good teams to be Great!
The Program Sponsor, Chief of People and Culture of a program I ran, reminded me the other day my comments during the final PCG meeting. During the Sponsors closing remarks he congratulating me on my leadership of the team through […]
Have you heard this addage from a sports coach?: “A champion team will defeat a team of champions.” However, as much as we all admire the ideals of teamwork and connectedness there’s also the alternative notion of the “rugged individual” […]
If you are like me, there is nothing worse than getting a meeting invite knowing the sole purpose is “a status update”. For me, if you want the team to INVEST time in the meeting, it needs to get real. […]
Strategic human resource management is the process of linking the human resource function with the strategic objectives of the organization in order to improve performance.If a global company is to function successfully, strategies at different levels need to inter-relate. Alternatively, […]
I have spent the summer diving into, for the third time, a favourite author, Jim Collins. From the author of Built to Last, Good to Great outlines a model for turning a good, average or even mediocre company in to […]
What makes leaders great? Is it their courage? Their business acumen? Their expert knowledge? Their ability to organize? Truly great leaders have a specific blend of skills. But they also possess something else; certain characteristics which are harder to define. […]
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why aren’t more of my employees willing to take risks?” Perhaps it’s because the few times they tried and things went wrong, they were either disciplined or perhaps even fired. Even when employees succeed at […]
If you want your employees to be motivated to do their best, and if you want them to be the most valuable asset on your balance sheet, then let them feel and experience ownership in the organization. The best managers […]
As I consult to Executives, CEO’s and Senior Managers, without fail we will ultimately start talking about a problem that at some point the question of “Why…?”, “Why are you doing that thing that costs so much time?”, “Why, are […]
The building blocks of excellence are moments – specifically, defining moments. In the 7 Moments… That Define Excellent Leaders book, bestselling author Lee J. Colan tells leaders how to recognize, create and utilize these moments effectively to bring out the […]
Best selling author Steve Chandler and lawyer Scott Richardson show readers in their book, 100 ways to motivate other, how to get the best results from their people. They show how leaders must motivate from the top down in order […]
When you find an organization that survives and thrives over time, it’s usually because managers like you have learned how to adapt to their changing circumstances and sometimes even keep ahead of the changes taking place around them. Managers who […]
To succeed in today’s business environment, your employees need to know far more about the business than just how to do their jobs. They need to know how it operates. Influential managers must take the responsibility to help workers better […]
As a manager, if you really want to influence people’s motivation, you have to uncover their reasons for doing things. You have to question their purposes and their causes. People aren’t going to be truly motivated for your reasons and […]
Here’s the million-dollar question: Who would want to be influenced and inspired by you? If you cannot answer this question, then you have no business managing anyone. As a professional speaker and corporate trainer, I have asked this question of […]
Ineffective Assessment Items If you are not asking the right questions, how can you expect to get good data? You need to consider organizational expectations as well as job-specific competencies. Moreover, your assessment items need to be well written to […]
The evaluation forms for employees at different levels will have a lot of overlap in some areas, but differ significantly in other areas. Listed below are some sample 360 feedback survey categories, with examples of how the assessment items […]
360 Degree Feedback Survey Questions Most good 360 feedback surveys measure essentially the same behaviors and competencies. A good 360 assessment has been statistically validated, factor analyzed, and refined over time. We have fine-tuned our survey items and categories through […]
You should start planning how feedback will be delivered before you even start gathering data. The plan should be communicated to those people who will be receiving feedback and perhaps also to those people providing the feedback. Once you are […]
Before you launch your 360 assessment program, there are some important logistical considerations and effective steps you can take to help your initiative succeed. Remember that the prospect of giving and getting feedback can be very threatening to some people. […]
