The Management Commitment
I enjoyed a great interactive conversation with an old client who is in the process of managing his first team. His biggest concerns were how he can make a difference in an expedient manner. The nature of his questions were based on the objective of accelerating his career. I politely and directly informed him that [...]
Organizational Growth Initiatives
I read a recent blog post by Brad Power entitled “Get Your Operations in Shape by Focusing on Process.” Though not a process person myself, I agreed with the four processes identified by Power as critical to effective organizational development and growth. However, I found myself feeling that the tone of the blog focused far [...]
Business Growth and The Engaged Employee
Too many businesses are obsessed with this desire to grow sales instead of an obsession to improve revenues. The favorite investment of choice for this growth strategy is sales, marketing, and social media. Invest in new customers. Invest in new relationships. Invest in replacing the customers and employees lost because the company did not know how [...]
It’s Your People Stupid!
The success of any business is dependent upon the effectiveness of the people in it. “You want results? Time to start re-investing in your people“, is a great blog post by Olivier Blanchard, This post hit so many great points that I don’t need to belabor many of them. Just read it. If you want [...]
Hiring Success – No Substitute for Effective Indoctrination
When it comes to hiring, nothing replaces or is an effective substitute for a new hire training, management, and indoctrination program. What is this obsession with employment profiles and screening? No matter how effectively, accurately, and closely you measure, evaluate, and align a person to your company, their success is dependent upon your organization’s [...]
