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How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
Removing Obstacles to Success
January 4, 1:13 pm
It’s the first week of January, and many folks are bandying about their thoughts on New Years Resolutions. Unfortunately, many of those resolutions will never be realized.
The reason?
No time of completion is set.
Resolutions need to become goals, and a properly written goal includes a “by when?”
Without a “by when,” […]
December 2, 12:26 pm
Every year around this time I publish my list of recommended reads. This year I’m focusing on helping small and mid-sized businesses fortify their positions, and I think the following three titles are absolute must-reads for that purpose. Get these books as a gift for any businessperson or read them for yourself.
Small Business Survival Guide […]
August 17, 12:59 pm
To truly succeed, you need a clear purpose. Yet too often a quest for money and short-term success gets in the way. The dangerous practice of “focusing on the money” has long-lasting, negative ripple effects to your workplace—as well as to your community as a whole.
In August of 2006, three executives at Comverse Technology Inc. […]
August 1, 1:29 pm
If you shortchange new employee training you’re throwing away a lot of money. I’m talking thousands of dollars – possibly tens of thousands – slipping away unnoticed.
The mistake comes when managers think they’re saving money and time by providing only a minimal amount of training when someone gets hired … just enough to get […]
July 8, 9:35 am
by Dan Bobinski
If you’re going to be an effective manager, you better be able to make tough decisions. You also need to be good at communicating appreciation, taking initiative, delegating, and following through with your promises.
Sure, there’s more, but these were ranked as the five most important soft skills for middle managers in a survey […]
April 25, 10:06 am
Every once in a while I drop in to Amazon.com to see how my book, Creating Passion-Driven Teams, is doing. So this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see it sitting at number 3 on the Kindle list for books about teams, right behind Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions and Brian Cole Miller’s Nice Teams […]
April 12, 9:41 am
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