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T-Day – Don’t Forget the Importance of Employee Recognition

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Sat, Sep 7, 2013

Too often we get so involved in our business working to get ahead that we forget to celebrate moments of victory.  We don’t take time to reflect on what we accomplish.  We miss moments of renewal, celebration, and recognition.  These are valuable reminders of our success.  These raise morale, help us to pause and reflect on what it takes to achieve.  These are moments to shine the spotlight on people who have gone beyond normal dedication and commitment to achieve remarkable performance.

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Employee Recognition, positive reinforcement, Bone Marrow Transplant, Michelle Wick

The Most Important Element for Business Success

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 5, 2013

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Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Business Growth, Strategic Discipline, Business Priorities, Business Dashboards, Jim Collins, Businesss Disciplines

Dashboards Bring Out The Best

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Tue, Sep 3, 2013

As a leader the biggest kick I received was seeing my people succeed.  Years ago while still in the broadcasting field I attended an industry conference in Dallas.  There a former sales person approached me and fawned over the training and experience she’d gained working for me.  She was now a radio station general manager and doing extremely well for a sizeable radio station group in Minnesota.  I was overwhelmed.  I had no idea how well she had done, nor would she attribute much of her success to my contribution.

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Topics: employee engagement, Accountability, weekly meetings, employee performance, Business Dashboards, Build Business Dashboard, productivity

Weekly Meetings - Solve Your Company’s Most Pressing Issues

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 29, 2013

There are a lot of reasons to not like meetings.  This is certainly the case if they are ill defined, lack structure, and are devoid of purpose.

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Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, Annual Plan, meetings

Performance Appraisals - Is the System Irrevocably Broken?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 26, 2013

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Topics: weekly meetings, employee performance, Aubrey Daniels, performance, daily huddle, system

Learn the Disciplines - Rockefeller Habits Four Decisions Workshop

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Aug 23, 2013

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Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions

Positive Reinforcement – Frequency Required

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 19, 2013

In Bringing out the Best In People, Aubrey Daniels points out that the greatest issue with managers is not that they don’t understand the need for reinforcement and recognition, they simply don’t understand the amount of reinforcement required to create peak performance and a high performance organization. 

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Topics: Employee Recognition, employee performance, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement

Positive Reinforcement: Make it Immediate

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 15, 2013

Not so long ago there was an emphasis on leadership to, “manage by wandering around.”  Tom Peters In Search of Excellence brought this principal into focus, although its origins supposedly stem back to executives at Hewlett Packard.

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Topics: employee performance, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement, Discretionary Effort

Positive Reinforcement: How Much in Your Company’s is Contingent?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 12, 2013

How often have you wanted to believe that “hard work pays off?” 

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Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, employee performance, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement

Human Behavior – One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 8, 2013

Each of us is different.  We are not all motivated by the same thing.  It’s a lesson that Aubrey Daniels consistently reinforces in Bringing Out the Best in People.  It’s the reason managing people is so challenging.  It requires thoughtful observation, persistent communication and enduring energy to discover and maintain relationships that support and encourage your people to be their best each day.

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Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, employee performance, positive reinforcement, human behavior

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