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Good Ideas or Good People?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 7, 2015

Over the Labor Day Weekend I watched Toy Story 2 again. 

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Topics: People, People Decisions, The Right People

Addition by Subtraction – Great Game of Business Story

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Aug 20, 2015

A Culture of Accountability is the outcome of getting People Decision right in your organization. 

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Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, People, People Decisions, Great Game of Business

When Everyone’s Responsible, No One Is!

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jun 18, 2015

This week in a weekly meeting with one of my customers the team discussed how they’d failed to follow through on a specific assignment they’d discussed for a father’s day promotion.  It started as a brainstorming session and wrapped up with an idea to promote a specific product.  Everyone agreed that it was a great idea, yet no one took responsibility to implement it and take initiative.  (For more on this subject check out The Leadership Difference - Responsibility and Accountability.)

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Topics: Accountability, People, People Decisions

Practical Discipline #3 Where to Put Your Best People: Good To Great

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Dec 18, 2014

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Topics: Good to Great, Business Growth, People, People Decisions, Discipline Plan, Practical Discipline #3

Sales Advice from an Expert - Jack Daly Las Vegas Growth Summit

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 17, 2014

How important is culture to your organization?   The Rockefeller Habits Four Decisions for Growth offers the outcome of The People Decision is a harmonious culture of accountability.

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Topics: Sales Process, People, People Decisions, Growth Summit, Sales Training, Systems & Process, Leverage

Another Look at Employee Performance Appraisals

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 8, 2014

Ever since reading Bringing Out the Best in People by Aubrey Daniels I’ve been a big fan of his techniques for improving work performance.  A recent blog by Aubrey Daniels,  6 Things To Do Instead of Performance Appraisals, offers his insights why performance appraisals are a poor investment for improving business performance.

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Topics: employee engagement, employee performance, People, People Decisions, Aubrey Daniels, performance

The Base for 6 Guiding Questions for High Performers

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 12, 2014

How do you find people that share the right values?

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Topics: Good to Great, Core Values, People, People Decisions, Core Purpose, Jim Collins

A Winning Sales Sourcing Strategy

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Fri, Jun 21, 2013


Imagine if 96% of the people you hire one year later would not only be working for you but performing at a higher level than the candidates you’d hired previously for this position. 

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Topics: People Decisions, Objective Management Group, Topgrading, Sales Evaluation, Sales Candidate Assessment

People Decisions - What’s Your Cost of Mis-Hire?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Sun, Nov 25, 2012

What’s it cost your company in terms of hard costs when you hire the wrong person?

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Topics: People Decisions, Jim Collins, hiring decisions, Cost of Mis-hire

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