Posts Tagged ‘performance’
Queen shares why your early career needs a “free fall”
Guest Writer: Queen Stevenson This coming May, it will be two years since I graduated college. Wrapping my head around that is difficult, as I can just about remember what it was like to hammer through a last minute paper, or scramble to get to my dining center before it closed and I went hungry…
Read MoreInsights from an Amazing Performance: This Has Only Happened 5 Times in 147 Years
With four swings of the bat, Milwaukee Brewers center fielder, Christian Yelich, went from a successful baseball career to one destined for the record books. This week Yelich hit a single, a double, a triple, and a home run all in the same game. This is called hitting for the cycle; and, it is rare.…
Read More3 Problems Plaguing Your Productivity (#3 Might Be Killing You)
Today’s productivity problems go far deeper than just managing units of time. Our world has a few specific challenges that allow the time to just “go by,” and can leave us feeling unaccomplished and weary at the end of a day. Productivity Problem #1 We are making more decisions than we ever have before. Think…
Read MoreThe Answer to Engaging Your People May Lie in a 2,200-Year-Old Story
The great Archimedes (287–212 BCE), one of the world’s finest mathematicians, was a person before his time. Not only did he invent integral calculus and figure the approximate value of π (pi) he is also said to be the father of the machine age by discovering and putting to use the properties of levers and…
Read MoreThe ABC’S of Inconsistent Employee Performance
If you have ever led a team or run an organization, you have likely experienced a moment of frustration when one, two, or perhaps most of your people weren’t doing what you wanted them to do. In those instances, I imagine that questions similar to these ran through your mind as you considered your team…
Read MoreWant to Be a True Performer? Do This…
You’re excited about your new job. You want to make an impact. You hit the ground running. Over time, you build new relationships, deliver good results, and make a name for yourself. A few weeks pass. Weeks become months. Months become years. You grow comfortable. If you see yourself or a colleague falling into the comfort…
Read More5 Questions Every Team Member Should Be Able to Answer
Every year, organizations invest millions, if not billions of dollars to generate sales, launch new products, improve customer service, increase employee effectiveness, and reduce inefficiencies, all in an effort to ultimately deliver on strategic priorities. Process improvement initiatives, computer systems sporting acronym-laden names, and continual reorganization efforts often lead the pack. At times, desired results…
Read MoreA Quick Thought About People
Your people aren’t just warm bodies in a cubicle maze or interchangeable parts in a machine. They are individuals, each with unique capabilities, hopes, dreams, and a wide-range of other characteristics that make up the human experience. Your people want to be recognized as individuals. You should know what matters to each of your team…
Read MoreThe Power of 20 Minutes: What You, Tom Brady, and Ed Sheeran Have in Common
I saw an NFL football schedule for the coming season and I couldn’t help but reflect on the recent Super Bowl and the power of 20 minutes. The majority of the game was a lopsided affair with the Atlanta Falcons dominating all of the first half and most of the third quarter. Then, things changed.…
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