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How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
Removing Obstacles to Success
April 29, 9:54 am
When I got to the office today, I noticed that I’d missed a phone call. The caller ID displayed “Park Ridge, Illinois,” and because my mother was born in Park Ridge, I “Googled” the number.
Turns out the number was from George S. May International. That made me remember a former associate (whom I […]
April 27, 11:54 pm
While working on my Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Leadership, I’ve been reading quite a bit lately about organizational structures, leadership, mentoring, etc. One fact that jumped out at me during a recent reading assignment is that only three percent of CEO positions in the Fortune 500 are filled by women. You read […]
April 15, 5:56 am
For those who think their technical skills will win them accolades and job security, think again. Leadership IQ surveyed over 5,000 hiring managers who hired more than 20,000 people over three years. The survey results were AMAZING (h/t to the AcheiveMax blog):
- Only 19% of new hires achieve unequivocal success
- 46 % will quit or […]
April 14, 5:46 am
Here’s a nice quote from Peter Vadja:
There’s a vast segment of our population that spends their lives doing things that they hate to make money they don’t want to buy things they don’t need to impress folks they don’t like all in the attempt to experience happiness.
It’s spot-on insight. In all of the cemeteries I’ve […]
April 13, 11:07 am
Recently someone asked me, “Would you hire someone based on his or her personality type?”
My answer was “no, not based SOLELY on personality type,” but most certainly I advocate and use assessment tools in the screening, hiring, and training process.
Why? Because over the past 22 years I have personally interviewed over 2,000 people. […]
April 9, 10:43 am
Lately I’ve been reading a book called “Leadership” by Peter Northouse, a textbook in a class required for my doctorate. It provides a rather comprehensive analysis of various leadership theories and models, but it falls on its face in places and I wince a lot as I read it.
Here’s an example:
When analyzing how […]
April 7, 12:57 pm
A few thoughts are rolling around inside my head today after a recent conversation with someone about a dad not acting like a dad . . . . But I suppose the same thoughts would apply to a mom not acting like a mom, or a spouse not acting like a spouse. […]