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Move Beyond High Performance with a PIP
Read more: Move Beyond High Performance with a PIPAre you on a performance improvement plan? If not, maybe you should be! Traditionally, the PIP is a formal acknowledgement that an employee’s performance is not meeting expectations (If you are using job scorecards, it won’t take a PIP to know this). But I’m thinking of the PIP more broadly after reading Beyond High Performance by Jason Jaggard…
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Don’t explain failure away
Read more: Don’t explain failure awayYou can’t both explain away failure and learn from it. Growing your business means more activity, which means more chances for failure. It’s inevitable. Those failures will come with the temptation to blame them on the growth. To say, ‘That’s just what happens in fast-growing companies.’ But each of those failures is an opportunity for…
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Don’t let a lack of leadership development cap your growth
Read more: Don’t let a lack of leadership development cap your growthI was talking to a business leader who was struggling with his top leadership team. But that was only the symptom. The problem was deeper. It started with a lack of employee retention. Most new hires weren’t lasting three years, let alone the 15 years or more they used to. That lack of retention created…
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What do you need to BE in 2023?
Read more: What do you need to BE in 2023?December is my trigger to start thinking about business goals for the next year. My process has two main steps. First, I go through my last four quarterly FLOW Planners, looking at where I spent my time, the wins I had, the goals I achieved, and the lessons learned. That time is critical because we…
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Happy Labor Day!
Read more: Happy Labor Day!Labor Day. Where we celebrate work by taking the day off of work! 🤷♂️ That has always seemed weird to me. I prefer the Japanese approach to work as exemplified by the word, Ikigai. The word roughly translates as “the happiness of always being busy” or “reason for being.” The Japanese characters that make up…
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Consistent & Deep
Read more: Consistent & DeepIn 2021, my <a href="http://<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Word-That-Will-Change-Expanded/dp/1118809424/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=nathanschock-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=f39eea0ab30829a4dc7ffcbff80158ef&camp=1789&creative=9325">One WordOne Word was CONSISTENT. I knew how important it was to be consistent – in schedule, in how I showed up in every life role, in results. That word served me well. I had consistency gains in my morning and evening routines, my reading and learning, and the…
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Get Bitter, or Get Better
Read more: Get Bitter, or Get BetterIn his sermon this morning, my pastor had a great message for everyone who has had life upended by COVID-19. The advice he gave to our congregation is useful for any person or organization dealing with this crisis, or, as he stated, any crisis that comes along. Think about not getting caught waiting; waiting for…
