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Would You Want to Work for “You”?

If you had the opportunity to work for yourself, would you? This question has been popping up in conversations with several clients lately. It’s come up during a board strategy session. It’s been discussed during coaching calls. And, it’s come up while discussing the challenges of working in a multi-generational workplace. The reason I ask the question is simple: Focus on yourself before you criticize your team. Focus on yourself before you criticize your team! It’s so easy to point out the...

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Performance Planning vs Employee Reviews

Ahhh, this is the wonderful time of year when organizations REQUIRE managers, supervisors, and team leaders sit down with their various team members to conduct one-on-one performance reviews. Doesn't just the thought of holding one of these sessions turn your stomach? If you're like most people it does. Why? ...Because most of the feedback sessions we've participated in or conducted ourselves have been horrendous!  Quite often they're hurried meetings that focus on past mistakes instead of...

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Six Reasons You May be a Helicopter Manager

  We've all heard of helicopter parents. They're those annoying parents that constantly hover and prevent their children from learning to deal with life's challenges for themselves. Then, these children grow into young adults who are woefully ill-prepared to cope with the realities of an adult working environment. However annoying, though real, helicopter parents are, helicopter managers are equally, if not more annoying. Helicopter managers hover and prevent their employees from thinking...

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Valuing Attitude, Valuing Employees, Retaining Employees

Valuing Attitude, Valuing Employees, Retaining Employees

I’ve pulled another article from the archives as I believe it’s something we as business owners need to keep in mind…. I had breakfast this morning with one of my sisters at a nice little restaurant in Denver. The waitress sat us immediately, and then started listing all of the house specialty coffees. When my sister and I both said, "Just plain coffee please." The waitress laughed, and said, "I like it plain too, but I've got to tell every customer the specials." She then took our orders, and...

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Attract, Train, & Retain Employees

Attract, Train, & Retain Employees

With so many companies struggling to attract and retain staff who can perform well, why do so many companies do such a lousy job in training their new staff? Why do they think training is an expense and not an investment? Why do they skimp on something so critical? From my experience, the most common reason is that most companies still default to on-boarding and training new staff the way they were trained when they first started their careers: The new employees are trained on the job by the...

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