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Are you a Delegator or a Dropper-off-er?
del-e-gat, vb, to commit powers, functions to another as a agent to carry out powers and functions; to assign responsibility. Synonym: entrust. Dropping-off. We ask others to do stuff for us all the time – stuff we don’t want to do, don’t have the time to do, and couldn’t do even if we had the…
Read MoreDifferent conversations, different outcomes
Scenario: An employee who doesn’t report to you asks that you keep the following in confidence. His performance review is overdue by 4 months. He anticipates a pay raise which is needed due to his spouse’s working hours reduced due to forced furloughs. The employee also wants to know if he is doing OK or…
Read MoreAre you measuring the past or the future?
What you have your attention on gets attended to. Peter Drucker reminds us: “People think they measure what they get. In fact, they get what they measure.” What are your measures getting you? Are the numbers numbing your staff or inspiring innovation? Do the measures maintain a comfortable zone or create the possibility for the…
Read MoreHow to drink the future from a fire hose: Don’t defend. Open wide.
I admit it. I am a “people-r-great” geek. Most everything I read, hear and watch filters through my coaching lens: How can this help someone be a strong, creative leader in uncertain times? How will this have someone see she has a choice and that there’s an alternative to feeling victimized? How can this shed…
Read MoreGet Good at Change: Things To Do (and un-do)
Regardless of what business you are in, in today’s economic whirlwind, if you aren’t good at change and adapting, you are probably having a tougher time than those people who are. It’s time to get good at change. Here are some beginning steps: 1. Make a declaration. Say what you are committed to accomplishing. Don’t…
Read MoreOnboarding that helps New & Old employees!
The interview process is complete. Expectations established and promises made by both parties. The contact signed. Next step: Welcome, Aboard! Onboarding is a process to acclimate a new employee into an organization so that the value they were hired to add to the company is successfully realized as rapidly and cost-effectively as possible. The traditional…
Read MoreOnboarding that helps New & Old employees!
The interview process is complete. Expectations established and promises made by both parties. The contact signed. Next step: Welcome, Aboard! Onboarding is a process to acclimate a new employee into an organization so that the value they were hired to add to the company is successfully realized as rapidly and cost-effectively as possible. The traditional…
Read MorePersonal Responsibility: Is there any other kind?
Sometimes we wish there was. Sometimes we behave as if there is. The bad news: There isn’t any other kind of effective responsibility other than the personal kind. The good news: It’s your’s, not for the asking, but for the choosing. Let’s start at the macro level. Even in the situations in which we feel…
Read More“Go ahead! Do it your way!”
When anyone said this to me when I was kid, I also heard what they didn’t say out loud, but clearly was part of their message: “… and see if I care if you do it wrong and fail and waste your time and look goofy, and, and….” Whew, thank goodness, those days are over,…
Read MoreIs not saying something a lie?
What do you say? Yes? No? It depends? This statement screamed from an ad in the September issue of Fast Company (www.fastcompany.com). I ripped it out (love ripping and tearing) and marked it with a “B” (code for a blog topic). (The pages of my books are peppered with these breadcrumbs as I follow my…
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