We’ve all been there. You created a set of targets (e.g. KPIs or key performance indicators) for your team. And halfway through the quarter or halfway through the year you already know (and they probably know, as well), they’re not going to hit their targets. What...
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6 Keys to Building a Better Company Culture
Do you ever get frustrated that some of the people in your business are choosing to do something in a way that you wouldn’t? Or do you ever watch someone doing something and think, “Why would that ever choose to _____ that way?” Or, as you’ve added employees,...
read moreHow to Finish This Year (Or Any Year) Well
As you hit these last few weeks of the year, how’s your head doing? Are you full engaged and ready to finish well? Or are you starting to slow down and ready to coast into next year? Are you on track with your goals? Slightly behind? Or way behind? Are you thinking...
read more5 Keys to Ensuring Your Employees Get Their Projects Done on Time
How frequently do you get frustrated with one or more members of your staff team because they just don’t get their work done when you want them to get that work done? Rounding to the nearest 50, what’s your best answer? If you answered “frequently” or “weekly” or...
read moreAre You Fast Enough to Win?
Over the next few weeks, our entire world will be focused on and fascinated with the upcoming Olympics in Rio. People who don’t normally follow sports or care at all about track and field or swimming or soccer or rowing or diving or beach volleyball or gymnastics etc....
read moreHow to Run a Daily Meeting
Before you run away from this idea (i.e. if you’re thinking, “I already have way too many meetings in my life!”), just hang with me for a moment. As I wrote a few years ago, some of the most successful companies in the world use daily meetings (companies like Goldman...
read moreHow to Get Big Projects Moving Forward
When you have a big project staring you in the face, what do you do? Or what do your people do? When you see a project like one of the following … Create a new revenue stream Open a new location Create and launch a new product Design a new employee performance review...
read more3 Keys to Making Your Goals and Plans Come True This Year
How often do you create goals and plans that never come to fruition? If you’re like most owners, entrepreneurs and service professionals the answer is … “More often that I care to admit.” So what makes you think this year will be different? By now, you’ve already...
read moreThe Missing Ingredient to Most Business Growth and Change Efforts
Even though I’m absolutely passionate about creating growth plans, I have to admit that most business plans—regardless of whether we’re talking about strategic plans, growth plans, marketing plans, business plans or any other kind of plan—simply don’t produce the...
read moreWant to Increase Your Organization’s Speed?
If you could speed up the pace at which your people implement and execute your ideas and plans, what would that be worth to you? For years, I’ve looked for catalytic mechanisms to do just that and have found few. One of the few ideas I had heard about was the idea of...
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