Category Archives: Engagement

All strategies must be executed through people. People performance best when they are engaged. Thus, engagement is critical to optimal execution.

INSPIRE Excellence in Your Entire Team!

I recently wrote about how to Achieve Your Full Potential Through Level 3 Accountability and cited the Harvard Business Review article relating that 70% of ALL employees are demotivated and disengaged. Common sense dictates that a demotivated person is less productive than a motivated person. And you can ask yourself how productive you are when…

Achieve Your Full Potential through Level 3 Accountability!

Accountability is obviously critical to the success of any business. After all, every business strategy has to be executed through people. Assuming the strategy is sound, the efficiency with which they execute the strategy determines the degree of profitability. Thus, holding people accountable to the strategy is essential to success. Because my practice focuses upon…

Surrounded by Idiots

I fully understand the frustration of entrepreneurial CEOs in executing their vision and the sense that they are surrounded with incompetence.  It takes patience but the way to achieving their vision is to inspire people to their fullest potential and thereby get 100% productivity out of them rather than measure how many minutes to the…

The Best Team Wins!

In today’s business world, the greatest competitive advantage is derived by those organizations that can attract, develop and retain the right people at the right time and execute in an environment of accountability. Properly developed, your PIP ensures that: the Company Vision has been clearly defined and communicated management is in strategic alignment and there…

Performance Management Process

Performance Management is a process that every member of your team must master. It requires consistent focus along with the fundamental management skills to ensure the process is efficient and effective. Every manager will be inclined to think ‘I could do it faster’, ‘I can do it better’, ‘I might as well just do it myself’,…