Oh, by the way…Building accountability in your business culture and organization is a great way to acknowledge people by giving them the recognition and focus they deserve, and it also: Builds leadership and teammanship Builds mutual accountability Highlights desired performance … Read More
To carry from the last post, we learned many employees report working well beneath their full capacity. And their reason starts with a lack of acknowledgement. Notice that what they didn’t say is, “I am over worked and underpaid.” Most … Read More
Think your employees are working at close to full capacity? Not even close! What’s really surprising is the reason they give. Simon Bailey reports on a recent poll done by the Gallop organization in which 5,000 people in 18 industries … Read More
“Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.” Mr. Drucker is pointing to a very simple, practical, functional thing. The need to have people who are smart enough to think on their feet, and who actually care for your … Read More
Everything I have said the past few years in these posts is simply this: Align every action, every practice, every habit, every procedure in your business to support every person there in being focused on being successful every single day. … Read More
“Circumstances grow out of thought every man knows, who has for any length of time practiced self-control… For he will have noticed that the alteration in his circumstances has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition.” But hey, … Read More
Your view and response to this question dictates the actions you take. If you think you’re running your business, then your actions put you at the center of the universe so you can feel like you’re in control, calling all … Read More
Heroes are plain, ordinary men and women. The very fact of calling them heroes inspires ideas of someone larger than life, when in fact, they are more accurately characterized by their ordinariness. There is nothing special about them, they are … Read More
Here are three of my favorite points on Leadership, all from Peter Drucker. “Leadership is not magnetic personality-that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’-that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a … Read More
Keep a very positive work environment, that especially includes what’s being said about others behind closed doors. Often, I hear owners and or managers say that because the door is closed, no one knows what they are saying about others … Read More
GNA builds a culture of breakthrough level performance based on trust and empowerment of key employees and leaders. The business culture becomes one in which everyone wins. Real accountability-based management is the new paradigm.