How Poor Managers Threaten Us

What have ineffective managers contributed to organizations around the world? No list would be complete without these “gifts” from those who manage poorly: The 80-hour work week Discouragement of initiative, creative thinking and risk-taking Massive turnover Ultimate failure of the organization This is the story of business that gets repeated,…

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Who is your Chief Performance Officer?

This week Barack Obama appointed a Chief Performance Officer for the Federal Government, focused on assessing the performance of government programs and finding opportunities to reduce waste and eliminate low-performing investments. So who is the Chief Performance Officer in a business? We have been studying this issue and I wrote…

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Small Company Has Big Ideas On Giving

“We’re not a big company but we want to make a big contribution to our community” says Naomi Neilson Howard, CEO of Native Trails, Inc. at the kickoff meeting of the company’s new Community Trails program that pays employees who contribute time to qualified San Luis Obispo county charitable programs.…

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