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.
Strategic Discipline Blog
T-Day – Don’t Forget the Importance of Employee Recognition
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Sat, Sep 7, 2013
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Employee Recognition, positive reinforcement, Bone Marrow Transplant, Michelle Wick
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Business Growth, Strategic Discipline, Business Priorities, Business Dashboards, Jim Collins, Businesss Disciplines
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.
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.
Topics: Accountability, weekly meetings, Annual Plan, meetings
Performance Appraisals - Is the System Irrevocably Broken?
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Aug 26, 2013
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
Topics: Discipline, Good to Great, Strategic Discipline, Culture of Discipline, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Four Decisions
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.
Topics: Employee Recognition, employee performance, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement
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.
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
Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, employee performance, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement
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.
Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, employee performance, positive reinforcement, human behavior