“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong—these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.” —Sir Winston Churchill
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Topics: Disruptive Strategies, Digital Disruption, Strategy - How, Strategy vs. Planning, Red Team
Taking the Next Step As A Business Owner: When Is It Right To Retire?
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 19, 2019
Karoline Gore is a guest blogger who has provided content in the past for my blog including Managing Millennials: Effective Leadership For This Generation. Karoline did research into retirement, specifically for business owners, and keys to preparing and making the most of retirement.
Read MoreTopics: Retirement, Business Planning, Succession Planning
Topics: human behavior, human behavior performance, People Development, Nine Lies About Work, EXCELLENCE IS IDIOSYNCRATIC, Responsibility
Topics: employee performance, human behavior performance, People Development, Nine Lies About Work, Responsibility
“There is no such thing as having potential. Or rather, there is, but it doesn’t mean anything.”
Read MoreTopics: employee performance, human behavior, human behavior performance, Performance Management, Human Potential, People Development, Nine Lies About Work
Lie 6: People Can Reliably Rate Other People - Idiosyncratic Rater Effect
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 22, 2019
Topics: employee performance, performance, Performance Management, People Development, Growing Your People, Nine Lies About Work, The Idiosyncratic Rater Effect
Lie #5: People Need Feedback – Truth: People Need Attention
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 15, 2019
Topics: employee engagement, Fundamental Attribution Error, People Development, Growing Your People, Nine Lies About Work
Lie #4 CONTINUED - The Best TEAMS are Well Rounded – 3 Strategies
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 8, 2019
If Excellence is Idiosyncratic, as we shared in Lie #4 The Best People are Well Rounded – BULL - Excellence is Idiosyncratic, how do leaders get the greatest performance from our people?
Read MoreTopics: employee engagement, People Development, Growing Your People, Play to Your Strengths, Nine Lies About Work
Lie #4 The Best People are Well Rounded – BULL - Excellence is Idiosyncratic
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 1, 2019
Topics: employee engagement, Strengths, People Development, Growing Your People, Play to Your Strengths, Nine Lies About Work, EXCELLENCE IS IDIOSYNCRATIC