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How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
Removing Obstacles to Success
February 28, 11:23 am
Many people read Creating Passion-Driven Teams and tell me they’d love for me to come teach at their company, but due to time or budget constraints, they can’t do it. Here’s a solution!
Starting Wednesday, March 2, 2011, I’ll be doing a 30-minute Creating Passion-Driven Teams radio show on BlogTalkRadio. This will air live […]
February 16, 10:45 am
One mistake I can make when conducting a workshop is assuming where a question is going before it’s completely asked. What’s difficult to swallow is the fact that I don’t like it when I’m a participant at a workshop and I ask a question — only to have the presenter act like he knows […]
February 7, 1:07 pm
Another Super Bowl has come and gone, with the championship trophy going to Green Bay, Wisconsin for the fourth time. Congrats to the Packers, with special high-fives to Daryn Colledge and Korey Hall, a couple of Packers who used to play at Boise State.
Hey – gotta wave the home team flag when you can. […]
November 22, 1:54 am
Many of you know I write a syndicated column entitled Workplace Excellence. One of the media outlets that carries that column is Management-Issues.com, and every once in a while the folks who run that website also ask me to offer advice to people who write in asking for help.
Recently I was asked to […]
October 8, 9:57 am
Are you on a team? Are you putting one together? The commonly accepted practice is to assemble a bunch of subject matter experts and other smart folks. It’s even better if these people are passionate about what they do.
Well, this is not necessarily the best practice.
Over the years the above approaches may have been […]
September 24, 9:11 am
The Leadership IQ website has posted some nice points on employee surveys.
Some questions they address:
What kind of rating scale should you use?
Should you ask employees if they’re satisfied?
How much time do you have to respond to survey input?
It’s well-written, and worth the 90-seconds it takes to read it.
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August 6, 10:35 am
Sure, business is slow. But here’s another (huge) factor for why the US Postal Service lost $3.5 Billion last quarter: Micromanagement to enforce inefficient procedures.
When I read about the $3.5 Billion loss, I was reminded of what I’ve learned from current and past postal employees – micromanagement runs rampant. Finding ways to operate more […]