How to Handle C Players in Your Organization The next lazy CEO management secret is about organizational role players, specifically C players. When we work with people in peer groups, we do have them rate the people that work for them. And when we see a report card,...
Every leader’s goal should be to find that Goldilocks just right amount. One of the things I struggled with the most was motivation in management. Was I doling out enough praise to those employees who reported to me? I can now see that I was stingier than I...
It’s time to elevate your HR function. One can make the argument that the performance of every business is derived from the talent of the people inside the organization. That talent edge is even more pronounced in, say, a professional services firm, whose value...
As seen on Inc.com Hiring for capacity makes all the difference. We’re all in a war for talent these days, which makes it harder than ever to find A-players to add to your team. Many of us use all kinds of analytical tools to help identify high performers such...
Importance of Vulnerability in Leadership: It’s a Leaders’ Superpower I have written before about how one of the superpowers any leader can have is transparency. Well, it turns out that there’s another complementary superpower any leader needs if...
Servant Leadership Principles: Do You Have What it Takes? People claim to be servant leaders, but are they? Here are five traits servant leaders share. I have written before about what it means to be a so-called “transformational leader” and how that helps...
