A Culture of Accountability is the outcome of getting People Decision right in your organization.
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Addition by Subtraction – Great Game of Business Story
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 20, 2015
Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, People, People Decisions, Great Game of Business
We’ve discussed how innovation occurs in your business previously in What's Your Innovation Process Look Like?
Topics: employee engagement, Core Values, employee performance, Pearsons Law
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, Employee Recognition, employee performance, positive reinforcement, Psychology of Achievement
Steps 3 & 4: Positive Reinforcement: “Make Others Feel Important"
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jan 22, 2015
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee engagement, Employee Recognition, Business Growth, employee performance, positive reinforcement, Psychology of Achievement, Brian Tracy
Positive Reinforcement: 4 Steps to “Make Others Feel Important” (1&2)
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 19, 2015
When I last addressed positive reinforcement and superior human relationships in To Improve Your Relationships Improve This in early December I promised to provide four steps to help make others feel important. These are from my notes Brian Tracy’s “The Psychology of Achievement” taken many years ago.
Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, Employee Recognition, employee performance, People, Aubrey Daniels, Multipliers, performance, First Break All the Rules, Psychology of Achievement
Increase Accountability with OKRs – Objectives and Key Results
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 29, 2014
You’re probably familiar with the term KPI’s or Key Performance Indicators. KPI’s are driven by top-down leadership decisions. These are the Key Performance Indicators for the company based on the Annual, Quarterly and Trimester planning and strategy meetings businesses have to set direction for the business.
Topics: Accountability, employee performance, meeting rhythms, Alignment, precision and specificity
Have you ever been around a person in love? Women especially can intuitively feel when someone is in love. People in love seem to get along with everyone. They’re happy, cheerful, even charming.
Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, People, human behavior, Relationship Drivers, human behavior performance, superior human relations, Law of Indirect Action, Psychology of Achievement, Brian Tracy
INDIRECT EFFORT - 85% of Joy in Life Comes from Relationships
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 8, 2014
In 1984 I received the opportunity to lead as general manager the construction and startup of a 100,000 watt FM radio station in Wausau, Wisconsin. It was a very challenging time for a number of reasons, including attempting to appease and satisfy the brother-in-law of the owner who thought he should have been given the opportunity.
Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, Relationship Drivers, human behavior performance, superior human relations, Psychology of Achievement, Brian Tracy
The Advantage of Rookie Smarts – Liz Wiseman Las Vegas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Dec 1, 2014
You are probably not old enough to remember the way back machine from the cartoon series PEABODY’S IMPROBABLE HISTORY, (it was a series that aired within the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon series on TV) however I am betting you can remember when you first started your career.
Topics: employee performance, Growth Summit, Growth Summit. Learning, Business Development Tool, Liz Wiseman
Considering that you’re the leader of your business it naturally makes sense that you should plan and command the leadership role in your annual planning and strategy session.
Topics: Employee Feedback, employee performance, Annual Plan, leadership, Four Decisions, Leadership Team