So far this year I’ve spent more hours than I care to remember trying to calm the nerves of fraught conference organisers. Often days before the event has even started. The other day I spent the afternoon on the set of a live TV show. With just two hours to air the production team managed …
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Performance Measurement: Key Terms Overview
Performance Measurement: Essential Key Terms Overview © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development Suggested Pre-Reading Overview of Performance Management Process for any Application Key terms include Domain Results measures indicators organizational goals organizational preferred results aligning results weighting results standards performance plans observing, measurements …
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The Most Valuable Asset in an Organization: Staff For any company to be successful in the current economical climate it is going to be vital for organizations to optimize their resources. And surely any organization’s most valuable resource is its staff. For example, one option is to use this period to promote young talent rather …
Winners gravitate toward winners. They challenge each other and they push each other to give a little extra at the finish line. When winners lack challenge, they glide through the race. How are you challenging your winners? Do you know the potential of the members of your team?
From guest writer David Kershaw, from eVisioner MetaTeam® A friend of mine who has been in business for many years advises new managers who are trying to run an organization for the first time. Several times he has told me stories of young execs who get down in the weeds helping to get the actual …
Previous posts have provided tips on overcoming the myth of the paper trail. In an effort to examine this issue from a different angle, below is a list of things that can derail your attempt to create a performance culture.
Save all your feedback on an employee’s performance until the annual review meeting.
The days of leaders who can raise productivity and consequently profitability just by ‘managing by walking about’, patting their staff on the back and asking after the dog, are gone.
