Many businesses fear paying high wages.
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Good Jobs Strategy - People Are Not a Cost - They Are an Investment
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Oct 11, 2021
Topics: People, People Decisions, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Rewards & Compensation, Scaling Up Compensation
Scaling Up Compensation - 5 Design Principles for Turning Your Largest Expense into a Strategic Advantage
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Oct 4, 2021
Scaling Up Compensation by Verne Harnish, and Sebastian Ross offers great examples of companies that have turned one of the most challenging and thorny issues a business can face into a strategic advantage.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, Business Culture, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Culture, Rewards & Compensation, Scaling Up Compensation
What’s the difference between hard and soft skills? Why is it important to develop both? Guest writer Frank Hamilton shares these important considerations.
Read MoreTopics: People, Leadership Training, Growing Your People, Worker Performance
Accountability - Avoid the Action Trap. Experiences & Beliefs Drive Actions & Results
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Several years ago, a CEO I worked with admitted he frequently failed to follow through on new initiatives he started.
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Four Steps to Accountability, Results Pryamid, Experiences & Beliefs Drive Actions & Results
According to research from The Four Disciplines of Execution, a staggering 81 percent of employees surveyed are NOT held accountable for progress on the organization’s goals. Furthermore, goals are not translated into specific actions—87 percent had no clear idea what they should be doing to achieve the organization’s goal.
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Above the Line, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Do It, Four Steps to Accountability
“In today’s world, strategy is relatively easy to replicate, and capital is relatively easy to access. What gives you a real source of competitive advantage is your talent and culture.”
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Above the Line, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Solve It
Culture is the sum of the experiences, beliefs, and actions enabling an organization to achieve its Key Results.
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Own it
Topics: Accountability, Above the Line, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right, Below the Line
“The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is successful ones know the most unprofitable thing ever manufactured is an excuse.”
Read MoreTopics: business clarity, Clarity, OKR - Objectives and Key Results, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right
Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right – Propeller
Posted by Douglas Wick on Mon, Aug 9, 2021
Topics: Accountability, Harmonious Culture of Accountability, Propeller, Accelerate Change by Getting Accountability Right