Posts Tagged ‘Performance’
Your Assumptions About ‘Motivation’ Could Be Wrong
Corporate hallways and lunchrooms are often festooned with “motivational” wall posters. The idea seems to be that clichés enhance comradeship and performance.
Military drill instructors scream at recruits, apparently assuming...Read More
Do Distractions Wreck Your Day? Here’s a Smart Fix
If you’re like most people, you occasionally (often?) wish you had more time. Meanwhile, you’re stuck with the same clock and calendar as everyone else.
Personal productivity is among the...Read More
6 Practices To Help You Be A Better Manager
Are you a first-level leader? Do you manage a team of individual contributors who don’t have direct reports of their own?
Then you know some of the challenges of making...Read More
Airbnb Can Teach Your Business A Thing Or Two
We live in the age of disruptors. We have one in the White House, and we have multiple examples throughout the business world.
Illustrations of the latter were scrawled on...Read More
Try This Bite-Sized Approach To Personal Improvement
Achieving personal goals can be as frustrating as trying to nail Jello to a wall.
Lose weight? Get more sleep? Exercise daily? Take a dream vacation? Improve a relationship? Earn...Read More
Why Accountability Is All About Explicit Behaviors
Accountability is all about performance, and performance is all about behaviors.
In fact, the overall performance in your organization—in every conversation, in every meeting, in every project, in every activity...Read More