Lead from Within

AUGUST 13, 2019

Every team needs to know the standards under which they will operate and collaborate. An annual performance review isn’t nearly enough to prevent and resolve conflict. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists. Establish ground rules. Give regular feedback.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

It’s common to see vague purpose statements centered around being the best or leading provider whatever sector the organization operates. However, not every company operates in a sector where their everyday work lends itself to significant social impact. Consider social impact.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

It’s common to see vague purpose statements centered around being the best or leading provider whatever sector the organization operates. However, not every company operates in a sector where their everyday work lends itself to significant social impact. Consider social impact.

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How To Long-term Performance Review Mission Statement 78

Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Research shows no one is happy with annual performance reviews—not executives, not managers, and not individual contributors. Even HR teams responsible for performance management aren’t convinced annual reviews provide value. Individuals remain motivated and challenged through meaningful stretch goals.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Leadership feedback provides leaders, whether they are team leads, managers, executives or others in leadership positions, with information regarding their performance, behavior and impact. The Importance of Leadership Feedback Leadership feedback plays a crucial role in leadership development and performance management.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 9, 2013

In a hushed tone he tells me: “ Mike, our CEO went to an off-site executive development retreat and wants to change our entire performance appraisal system and he wants it done by the end of the next week!”. Yearly Performance Reviews SUCK! The phone rings it’s Will. I have no f@#$ing clue what that means.”.

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HR Digest

MARCH 17, 2022

Improve and streamline operations. Most businesses do this when recruiting new talent or while giving out performance reviews. . A properly executed HR strategy ensures that your business achieves its short and long-term goals. Help the management to plan for both short and long-term growth. Conclusion.

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Strategy Human Resources Short-term Long-term 87

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions. As we continue to bring our culture to life in our operating model and our HR practices, we continue to use surveys, crowdsourcing, focus groups and other tools to ensure our people are heard. PHOTO: 3M.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2012

And for innovative ideas on moving away from the traditional performance review feedback, read an article from Daniel Pink: [link]. And what is your plan of action to develop a way of avoiding these mistakes in the future? She is also a Vistage Chair and Executive Coach. For more thoughts on this visit [link].

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

In this scenario too, the performance review often becomes something we do to people rather than with them. But the reality is that performance assessment is important to both the organization and the people who work for it. In other words we operate on the principle that equity means treating everyone in the same way.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

I teach coaching skills to groups of managers regularly; every individual executive client I have gets taught coaching skills in some way or another; and of course, I practice coaching myself (I call it “practice” on purpose). The best will raise the bar on their own performance on an ongoing basis. Thanks for adding these thoughts!

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Short-term Long-term Skills Blog 196

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I developed the concept of integrating Pop Culture Wisdom with management training and business planning over the last 40 years. Executives amassed knowledge “in the streets,” through non-traditional sources. When repackaged years later, executives vigorously enjoyed the rediscovery process. Helping others.

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Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Finding a good mentor, with a wealth of experience as an entrepreneur or executive in your field, can take a huge amount of the weight off your shoulders. Some of the most successful businessmen in recent history have developed on the advice of a mentor. Find a Good Mentor. Bill Gates had Buffet , and Mark Zuckerberg had Steve Jobs.

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Short-term Long-term Stage-Gate Mentor 63

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Niche specialists collectively conduct a research study or performance review. The client is opening new locations in new communities and asks its consultants to formulate a plan of action and oversee operating aspects. Those who don't help to develop the business on the front end are just vendors and subcontractors.

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CO2

AUGUST 1, 2010

RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. In turn, the manager was responsible for mentoring, coaching, or developing those employees that showed interest, ability, and tenacity. He or she is asking questions.

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Management Executive Coaching Leadership Strategic Planning 79

HR Digest

MAY 14, 2024

Performance Management : Assessing and managing employee performance to align with strategic goals. Learning and Development : Providing training and development opportunities to enhance skills and career growth. Workforce Management : Managing employee schedules, attendance, and compliance to maximize productivity.

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Human Capital Management Technology Efficiency 52

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

So far, in my experience anyway, we have not been great students of his philosophies…or we have been great students but just, well, crappy at the execution part, proof perhaps that naïveté also lives in our belief that any of this stuff is easy. This speaks to the dangers of clinging to, and operating from, narrow perspectives.

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Learning Organization Senge Organization Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

And as anyone who has ever given or received a traditional performance review knows, this process can be highly subjective — even in the most metrics-obsessed organizations. Conventional performance reviews can also undermine a company’s agility and lead to missed opportunities.

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Management Performance Review Review Mission Statement 8

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

Meetings resembled mortal combat, Hoffman described, with executives regularly looking for vulnerabilities among their peers to exploit. He instituted weekly business performance review (BPR) meetings that required a new level of rigor, scrutiny, and detailed analysis from the company’s leaders.

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Brand BPR FOB Automotive 193

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

When it comes to selling, even many hard-nosed executives believe that sales is an art, and artists do their best work when left alone. Actively track performance and shift budgets to monitor promising trends while killing off tracking projects that aren't going anywhere. But cutting cost does not mean cutting revenue.

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CEO 360-Degree Feedback Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

As a result, upwardly-aspiring executives need to take steps now to position themselves to be "first off the bench" as opportunities for promotion become available. Given the fact that traditional career paths are extinct in most industries, managers have few guideposts for advancing to the executive level.

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Positioning Career Execution Project 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. When Bernstein hid a set of production lines from managers’ view, the performance of employees on those lines increased by 10% to 15%. Every high performer needs both.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. When executed well, the results are astonishing.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

.” If passion plays an important role in the potential and high performance of others, how does a leader develop others toward their passions? Developing others toward their passions requires a mindset shift. What are ways you hope to develop, learn, or grow with this experience? What inspires you now?

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Servant Leader Greenleaf How To Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Organizations need to be continually on the lookout for new market developments and competitive threats, identifying essential experts and nimbly forming and disbanding teams to help tackle those issues quickly. Set up “communities of practice” or business development initiatives to help share expertise or resources.

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Agility Team How To Project 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

A healthcare industry sales executive recently told us that as part of a continued effort to cut costs, her company had reduced the number of first-line sales managers from 66 down to 30 over a period of several years. The merchandising force operates with an unusually high span of control of 50 merchandisers per manager.

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Span of Control Company Merchandising Management 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2020

As any executive will tell you, there’s a tremendous difference between producing a hundred products well and tens of thousands. Performance reviews are a case in point. Give the people who volunteer exclusive authority to evaluate and review processes at every stage of your operation.

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Quality Process Review Performance Review 65

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

These kinds of statements speak to a leader’s choice of values, and a failure to understand the relationships between a safe work environment and operational performance. The reality is that virtually all workplace injuries are preventable, and safety management and operational excellence are intimately linked.

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Operations Chemicals CEO Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Instead, chief executives are often presented with two “right” answers, but one is slightly worse. CEOs must be agile and adaptive, operating from a mindset of continual anticipation and appraisal in order to make timely investment decisions and oversee speedy execution.

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CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

As soon as you step into a top position at a company that needs to significantly improve the way it operates, there’s pressure to get off to a quick start. For an example of the importance of controlling pace, let’s look at the case of an executive I’ll call Greg. HBR Staff/Clare Jackson/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Supply Chain CEO Kahneman Self-aware 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

When an organization fails because of executive malfeasance, it generates a lot of attention. Competence collapses when executives take on problems beyond their capabilities. Their operating environment changes in a way they don’t recognize, or they take on a project that they believe is within their capability but isn’t.

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Company CEO Finance System 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Tamara was well-regarded by the executive team at her company, many of whom continued to encourage her professional advancement. When you go up the executive ranks, one of the commodities in scarce supply is actionable feedback from those you report to. Tamara is not alone. You need consistent, actionable feedback.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Comparison Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

A good boss provides encouragement, development, mentoring, and support, while also being fair, constructively critical, and helpful in integrating employees into high-performing teams. Since this was a minor operation, Sheila’s supervisor, the head of Supply Chain, paid her very little attention.

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Supply Chain CFO Performance Review Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

He looks at his leadership team as a kind of sales force, each member of which should be developing a pipeline of opportunities to add more value all the time. Innovation managers execute improvements and simultaneously engage and develop people. How do we develop these different kinds of change agents?

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Balanced Scorecard Innovation Globalization Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2013

For a senior executive I'll call Karen, one of those defining moments came most unexpectedly when her boss tried to give her a one-line performance review for the third year in a row. Somehow, amid the pressures to meet operational goals and balance budgets, she had failed to notice the full implications of that shift.

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Compliance Project Performance Review Executive Coaching 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 5, 2009

upon a time, I worked with banking executives. BTW – I have found twitter to be one of the best training grounds for developing my ability to speak cleanly, clearly and with impact. They were all very good, smart people with a wide range of talents, skills and personalities. Thanks for your usual thoughtful comments.

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