What exactly does it mean to be a Monday morning quarterback? It means you know what someone should be doing. What the play is. What the task is. You might even be able to describe the task in detail, exactly how some else should be doing it. It falls under the...
In case you are wondering, we’re not talking about the easy, routine decisions. Why write about the easy case? The easy decisions that have been made with small variances over a long period of time are not the issue. The decisions where you know the various...
“Why would I care about employee motivation?” People can only motivate themselves. Besides they are professionals, adults, and need to deal with their own issues. Okay. This attitude believes that people are well adjusted, always in control and always...
THE lazy excuse we love to use. “I’m too busy, I can’t get to it.” This lazy excuse takes different forms. Your request is not important “..too busy is simply code word for either not interested or simply a means of not being able to...
You’ve got a business and you want to get people to step up, to take responsibility. How do you get people to step up? A quick story. Michael walked into his office and wanted to offer Neal an opportunity to step up and take on more responsibility. Michael...
Getting things done in a systematic way saves time, especially when you are busy. Period. I started asking myself and others, “What are the best tools to use while getting things done?” There are so many productivity tools out there, how do you know what...