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...
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....
The Right Attitude
Do You Want To Be More Successful? The Right Attitude is All You Need! As we all know, one of the most important things that impacts personal and organizational results is the attitude of the people involved. A famous quote says, "Your attitude today determines...
Creating Value as a Coach
Coaching is a powerful, highly-tuned process of communication and problem solving. The relationship between coach and client is "co-creative." It focuses entirely on the client's interests, challenges, and goals. Coaches come in all "shapes and...
Creating a Culture of Accountability
I read a recent article (reprinted below) by Tom Loeblein, President/CEO of Healthcare Management Consultants, and it completely resonated with me. I see so many organizations that wrestle with the challenges regarding accountability that Tom discusses. And, I see...
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