"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him/her, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy."
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Topics: People, Effective Leadership, Mastering Leadership, People Development, Leadership Core Behavior
Ever since I had a bone marrow transplant, I’ve had a condition called “dry mouth.” Sleeping while breathing through my mouth exacerbated this condition, forcing me to always have a glass of water next to my bed.
Read MoreTopics: employee performance, performance, People Development, Breath, James Nestor,, Personal Health
“Mediocre people don’t like high-achievers – and high-achievers don’t like mediocre people.” Nick Saban, Alabama football coach.
Read MoreTopics: People, People Decisions, The Right People, People Development, Growing Your People, Humanocracy, Meritocracy
Scaling Up author Verne Harnish described Humanocracy, authors Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini, as one of the most insightful and game changing books for the future.
Read MoreTopics: People, People/Relationship Drivers, People Development, Humanocracy, Meritocracy
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