Retaining Employees – Give Them What They Need

Feb 24, 2014 | Leadership Development

For most employers, the objective of filling a staff position, is to find the right person, with the right attitude, with the right skills. Quite often, once that's done, we cross off that 'To Do' item, give a sigh of relief, and move on to the next issue that's demanding our attention. However, if we consider our jobs as managers and leaders "done" when we find the perfect person to join our team, we're making a tremendous mistake. I hate to say it, but the journey with this new employee is...

Doing What the Contract Says Instead of Doing Your Job

Feb 18, 2014 | Leadership Development

What do you do when the contract that's just been signed with the client, is no longer in their best interest or yours? Renegotiate the contract. Change the contract. Rewrite the contract to fix the real issue and achieve a better win-win scenario. Right? It seems like an easy enough solution, but why doesn't it happen as often as it should? Why do so many project managers avoid renegotiating contracts? They don't realize what their real jobs as project managers are. Project managers are...

Guest | Ted Coiné

Feb 11, 2014 | Guest Post

This week I'd like to share one of my favorite articles as it speaks so clearly to what I've communicated to my clients over the years. The article was written by Ted Coiné, who has agreed to allow me to post this on my site: Dear CEO: Who Tells You When Your Baby Is Ugly? We leaders have a big, big problem. It’s called information filtering, and every social group does it – family, circle of friends, and certainly staff. The larger a company gets, the more layers of management separate...

Interviewing Well to Gain Employees

Feb 4, 2014 | Leadership Development

In a tough economy or a vibrant one, gaining or finding and hiring good employees is one of the most challenging, and re-curing problems confronting most organizations. We've all done it, and many still do: In our desperation to fill the empty position, we simply hire the most interested, and sometimes, the only applicant who appears close to what we're looking for. Then what often happens is, we end up paying an under-qualified individual more than current staff -- and quite often way more...