Key Differences Between Training and Development
Companies spend a lot of time and money on recruiting the best talent possible, and one way to assure a return on that people investment is to have a formalized plan for both initial training and ongoing development. In the first days, weeks and months of employment,...
Book Summary: “Getting Naked” by Patrick Lencioni
A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears that Sabotage Client Loyalty Let's first address the obvious: this book has an eye-catching and even provocative title. However, what Lencioni is referring to as "getting naked" is the willingness to be vulnerable, for...
Organizational Goal Setting: The Key to Performance and Growth
One of the most important responsibilities of management is to establish Organizational Goals. Read on to learn more about how you can supercharge your company's performance and growth by effectively deploying Organizational Goals. As organizations grow, it becomes...
The Costs of Not Firing a Mediocre Employee
Great companies are not built with mediocre employees. Yet it's astonishing how often managers postpone firing poor performers and troublesome employees. In exploring the reasons why CEOs fail in their own jobs, an article a few years ago in Fortune magazine cited the...
Cultivating a Culture of Fairness
Everybody wants to believe that they are being treated equally, with the same set of rules and the same consistency when it comes to meeting expectations. "That's not fair!" This is one of the first protests we learn about when we are young. Whether it is in...
Leveraging Individual Assessments to Improve Results
When you are looking in the mirror, you are looking at the problem. But, remember, you are also looking at the solution. At JFD Performance Solutions, we use a variety of individual, group, and organizational assessments in our business coaching and consulting....
Seven Sources of Workplace Stress
Most of us would probably agree that a workplace with chronically high stress is NOT a great place to work. While a certain amount of stress is good because it moves people to action, severe or long-term stress creates a negative work environment. Why should leaders...
Authority and Power
Have you ever observed two individuals of equal position, rank, and authority in an organization? One seems to accomplish everything successfully and with ease, while the other seems to always be "under the gun," having a crisis and a difficult...
Book Summary: “The Knight in Rusty Armor” by Robert Fisher
The book, written 30 years ago, includes a Forward which sums it up nicely: This is a lighthearted tale of a desperate knight in search of his true self. His journey reflects our own - filled with hope and despair, belief and disillusionment, laughter and tears....
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