Goal-Setting for Growth
When I was a kid we would play ‘horse’ with a basketball. One strategy was to take shots we knew we could make (“lay-ups”)and to outlast an opponent with consistency.…
5 Ways To Accelerate One's Career and Be Promoted
5 Ways To Accelerate One's Career and Be PromotedThis week's Forbes blog post with Dorie Clark.
How Management Ideas Get Bastardized
Microsoft jettisoned its version of “rank and yank” last week; a practice of forced rankings that resulted in internal power struggles and unhealthy competition. Leave it to us humans to…
Why Your Team Building Didn't Work
Organizations try lots of ways to increase teamwork among their top group, from team-building exercises and ropes courses, to training and outings. In most cases, these don’t result in operating…
Why Your Performance Reviews REDUCE Performance
One doesn’t drive a car by looking in the rearview mirror, so why do that with performance reviews? When a manager emphasizes mistakes, shortfall, weaknesses, and problems, it does not…
If You Want More Employee Engagement
If you want more employee engagement, here are key points: It is relatively easy to get acceptable performance through fear or incentives. But you won’t get better than acceptable performance.…