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The Unique Balancing Act of Building a Legacy
Leadership gurus have many opinions when it comes to the question, “What is a leadership legacy?” Those varying opinions all have two common threads, however. When it comes to building a true leadership legacy, individuals must be focused on their own strengths as...
How Thinking About Your Leadership Legacy Can Impact Your Career
While we typically think of a “leadership legacy” applying to high-profile, top-level leaders, it is never too early to start thinking about your own leadership legacy. Leaders should always be focused on the things that they will be remembered for and what imprint...
Around the Web: Three Perspectives on Effective Performance Management
Perfecting employee review processes and enacting effective performance management strategies is an ongoing process. Leaders must constantly be willing and able to try new things, tweaking their approach until they come up with procedures that will effectively guide...
Put the “Thanks” in Thanksgiving: Employee Recognition Can Drive Performance Year Round
It’s that time of year again, when we gather with family and friends and usher in the start of the Holiday Season by filling ourselves on good food and enjoying good company. Thanksgiving is a time to take pause and give thanks for the people in our lives who make a...
How Valuable are Employee Self-Assessments when it Comes to Tracking Employee Performance?
Employee self-assessments can help in shaping performance goals, improving performance metrics, and creating a plan for career development. Whenever a manager is evaluating an employee, the more information they have, the better the outcome. Self-assessments provide...
When Employee Goals Don’t Align: Having Tough Conversations With Strong Performers
If an employee is having a hard time reaching his or her goals, there can be a number of things going wrong. In order to get things on track, leaders need to look at the employee’s work history, level of passion, and the individual’s success rate to determine from...