Gaining the Truth From Your Employees

Gaining the Truth From Your Employees

As Jack Nicholson barked at Tom Cruise in the movie A Few Good Men, “You can’t handle the truth!!" Or can you? My Summer Growth Summit During my Summer Growth Summit in August, I asked for feedback from attendees. And I got it. (Gulp.) (BTW, this Summit was my largest...

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Only You Can Raise Expectations

Only You Can Raise Expectations

The world seems to be lowering expectations in all corners - and only you can raise them. Your company can become a bulwark against complacency, where higher expectations become the celebrated norm. My sister Rebekah is a minister and consultant to the church. She...

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Removing the Culture Killer

Removing the Culture Killer

A single culture killer can disrupt the performance of everyone on your team, if you let that person's behavior persist. A culture killer is a person who's strong personality plus bad behavior combine to form a poison that slowly (or quickly) infects the output and...

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Hiring in a Hot Economy

Hiring in a Hot Economy

Hiring in a hot economy is the key to growth this year. Any edge you can get, in both recruiting and retaining employees, is worth exploring. To this end, I am currently reading about Netflix’s explosive success in Reed Hasting’s new book, No Rules Rules. It outlines...

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