by Jim Schleckser | Apr 13, 2021 | Bonuses, Compensation, Culture, Leadership
People aren’t after maximum pay–they’re after felt fair compensation. Despite what you might hear, compensation is not the primary motivator for most people. Sure, as I have written about before, some people are what I call...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 16, 2021 | Business, Culture
What drives you: achievement, affiliation, or power? One of the top concerns for every leader is finding a reward system that connects with your team members and helps them to perform at a higher level. At times, it might seem like a hit-or-miss take on finding what...
by Jim Schleckser | Mar 9, 2021 | Culture, Leadership
You get to decide what you will tolerate from others. Many times, in both our business and personal lives, we can feel like we’re stuck in a relationship we’re not particularly happy with because we’re not being treated the way we want. In the...
by Jim Schleckser | Feb 23, 2021 | Culture
You can’t predict every situation your employee will run into, but you can give them the answer on how to handle it. Most companies these days have developed some form of organizational values. Sometimes they’re printed on a wall, or maybe you put them on...
by Jim Schleckser | Jul 9, 2019 | Board of Directors, Business, Culture
I have written before about advisory boards and the steps you can take toward evolving that board into a more formal, fiduciary board for your business. But there are also steps you can take in the near-term to leverage your board in a different way to help grow your...
by Jim Schleckser | Jun 2, 2019 | Culture, Decision Making, Delegation, HR, Leadership, Talent
One of the fundamental management tenants I have used in my career, something I originally first learned from one my large and successful customers, is that you don’t want to have two managers in a row that don’t know. Let me explain what I mean by that....
