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De-weaponized accountability for high-performing teams

Anne Petrik — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Accountability is a term that routinely demoralizes, often confuses, and flat-out scares people these days. Accountability, as practiced in small and medium-sized businesses, sometimes means that someone will be called out, blamed, and maybe even shamed for work that isn’t...

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Leading through difficult conversations: 6 steps to better outcomes

amanda-novakovic — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:25:37 +0000

One of the greatest challenges for many leaders is having difficult conversations with employees. Maybe there’s a problem with their performance, or perhaps there’s discord with the team. Whatever the issue, it can be tempting for managers to look the...

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Performance management: Communicating expectations and evaluations

Joe Galvin — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 10:00:27 +0000

Performance management starts on an employee’s first day. A new employee gets a lot of attention when first joining the fold: orientation, onboarding, meetings, and probably even a welcome lunch. But how much attention does this employee receive throughout the...

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A new approach to performance management

Holly Green — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:00:40 +0000

Accountability. Every organization wants it. Not many have it – at least to the extent they would like to have it. Of those that don’t, the problem often stems from the lack of an intentional performance management approach. Without the...

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Do I always have to negotiate?

Elisa Spain — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:00:55 +0000

Every now and then, I have a conversation with one of the leaders I work with who is frustrated with a lack of compliance and accountability in their company. The leader will say something like this: “I told them exactly...

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3 business lessons from Olympic athletes

John Blakey — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:07:16 +0000

For thousands of athletes around the world, the road to the Rio 2016 Olympics has demanded four years of dedication, hard work and suffering. In the UK, I have been supporting Team GB coaches in rowing, diving and Paralympic target shooting...

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What is the Difference Between Coaching and Mentoring?

Beth Miller — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:00:36 +0000

When it comes to the development of your team playing the role of mentor and coach can be beneficial to their development. These two terms are often used interchangeably yet they are different. So what makes them different?

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Transformational Leaders Coach for Better Employee Performance

Beth Miller — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:22:15 +0000

Business leaders can have many titles. But excelling at one role is a highly-effective way to bring about better performance in your employees: the role of a coach. Coaching is about bringing a person from where they are to where...

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Managing Team Performance for Exceptional Results

Beth Miller — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:14:39 +0000

Successful team leaders need to know how to manage their team’s performance effectively, so that the team and the organization achieve the best results possible. An ongoing process of objectively reviewing the work of team members individually and the team...

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Employment Law: Hire the Best, Fire the Rest, and Stay Out of Court

John Bogdon — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Prior to the National Labor Relations Act in 1935, business owners in the U.S. were accustomed to very little governance in how they treated employees. Since then, many additional labor laws have been enacted, and the legal ramifications of violating...

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