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21st Century Performance Reviews
You know you hate them and so do your employees! Yet instead of figuring out what can be done to make performance reviews a positive experience for both you and your employee, you ignore the problem. Many small companies don’t even do performance reviews. But if you...
The Title Inflation Trap
My work over the years has been with both large and small companies. And one of the problems that smaller companies often have is giving an employee a title bigger than their actual responsibilities.Just recently I was having a discussion with the president of an...
Hit the 50 Employee Mark? Why It’s Time to Invest in Management!
There comes a time in the growth of a company when you need to get serious about bolstering your management ranks.Small companies typically don’t require a lot of formal leadership beyond a CEO, but by the time you’ve hit the 25-employee mark, you’re going to need a...
CEOs: To be Coached or not to be Coached, That is the Question
In a survey by Right Management, 35 percent of organizations provide coaching to their CEOs. Many of these CEOs, however, are unwilling to let others know that they are being coached because there is still a stigma attached to having a coach. But whom does a CEO have...
How to Give Performance Reviews Your Employees Can’t Wait For
The signs are all there: your employees look anxious, they’re climbing over each other to take credit for team successes and they get defensive every time you offer feedback.Welcome to performance review season.But it doesn’t have to be this way. People hate...
Don’t Lead Like An Ostrich – Seek the Truth
When you move up the corporate ladder, you discover that it is harder to find the real truth. Often, employees may not trust that their managers will back them up if they voice bad news or difficult information. They would rather keep their jobs by keeping their...