I’ve been reading Steve Jobs biography and have compared what I’ve learned so far in the book to what I know about his career. I’ve been pondering two powerful insights: […]
The Ken Blanchard Companies is a research-based firm. Blanchard comes up with all kinds of cool ideas, hypotheses, and strategies – but only those ideas that are tested in real world […]
I reflect regularly on my best bosses. I analyze how they took widely varying players with differing skill sets, experiences, and personalities and helped each of us genuinely contribute while […]
For USA Major League Baseball fans, Wednesday night, September 28, goes down in sports history as the date of two of the biggest baseball team collapses ever. The Boston Red Sox […]
I’m fascinated by performance management systems. I often ask clients: does your performance management system really help everyone meet performance standards? Most clients say their performance management system is “OK.” Few […]
Employee morale in organizations across the globe continues to erode. A recent study by the World At Work organization found that employee engagement levels for all workers at the companies surveyed have […]