Do you know how to pick good people for your organization?
Friday’s unemployment figure of 4.4% was the lowest it has been since 2007. That means there will be fewer people out there looking for jobs. If you are looking to hire, it behooves you to be really clear on your job description. It also suggests
Are you training your people to beat the competition?
The Q4 Vistage CEO Confidence Survey stated that …”the expected upsurge in business prospects have given a new urgency to finding, hiring, training, and retaining employees. This was the most significant and challenging issue voiced by CEOs in the latest survey.
Is what you say what your team hears?
What is it you say all the time? “Is it finished?” “It’s okay.” “That’s not right!” “That’s not what I meant.” “Can we make it cheaper?” “Where is the data?” “We don’t have time to get more data.”
What unites us is so much bigger than what divides us…
If you read this blog, you probably have hot water, a roof over your head, and more electronic devices than you have plugs for in your bedroom. We are so fortunate. We aren’t
Are you prepared for the health crisis of a KEY team member?
I was talking with a Senior Executive the other day about his 67 year old colleague who had a health crisis 3 months ago. The good man has not returned to work and they don’t know when he will. Further, they don’t know what is wrong so they are all in limbo. This month they […]
Do you hate meetings, too?
People feel about meetings the way they feel about traffic in LA. You have to get through them to get to the important places like getting home, or getting to work.
Do you hire for skills then fire for fit?
Are you good at job interviews? Or rather, are you good at selecting new members of your team that will improve the quality and success of the organization? We’ve all walked into environments and immediately
What is your do-over?
When I ask business leaders: which of the following is your most common do-over a. Machine purchase b. New hire c. Pricing decision They usually say
Basketball makes me do the math – a golden lesson.
You want your kids to play team sports because they learn so much about team work, about how to recover from a loss and how to behave when you win, (it used to be gracious) and now the Clippers deal is teaching us how to do the math.
How much do your employees think you earn?
We make all sorts of assumptions about how much employees understand about our business and they make all sorts of assumptions about where the money is going that aren’t based on reality. I’d say it is time for some real conversations. Pull back the curtain.