Tag Archives: Performance Management

Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #24

Posted on May 30, 2021 by thebossdoctor

You will never be an effective leader until you can be comfortable being responsible for what other people do. This issue’s great advice comes from one of my favorite CEO’s – Rick Frost of LP (Louisiana-Pacific Corporation).  I heard Rick … Continue reading →

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s – #16

Posted on March 21, 2021 by thebossdoctor

It’s not the people you fire who create problems for you…it’s the people you DON’T fire. This post’s great advice comes from an executive I worked with who had keen insight into the reality of organizational leadership.  Here’s one of … Continue reading →

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Great Advice from Top CEO’s – #13

Posted on February 21, 2021 by thebossdoctor

Make Your People HAPPY In a recent survey in the workplace, researchers invited more than 600 managers from dozens of companies to rank the impact on employee motivation and emotions of five workplace factors commonly considered significant: Recognition for good … Continue reading →

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Great Advice From Top CEO’s #6

Posted on December 13, 2020 by thebossdoctor

Never Sanction Incompetence This post’s great advice comes from Mike Vance, author of the book, Think Out of the Box.  Vance worked for Disney back in the day (and when I say “he worked for Disney” I mean he worked … Continue reading →

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Google’s Management Pitfalls – #2

Posted on September 13, 2020 by thebossdoctor

Pitfall #2: Lacking a consistent approach to performance management and career development Google puts it this way: They don’t help employees understand how these work at Google and they don’t coach them on their options to develop and stretch. The … Continue reading →

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Google’s Rules

Posted on August 30, 2020 by thebossdoctor

RULE #8 – Have key technical skills so you can help advise the team One of the most challenging aspects of leadership advancement is the ever-expanding arena of responsibility, encompassing more and more areas of diverse function and expertise.  This … Continue reading →

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Google’s Rules

Posted on August 23, 2020 by thebossdoctor

RULE #7 – Have a clear vision and strategy for the team One of the most neglected ingredients of effective team leadership is team vision.  The vast majority of teams labor with a vague, understated, often assumed understanding of the … Continue reading →

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Google’s Rules

Posted on August 5, 2020 by thebossdoctor

RULE #4 – Don’t be a sissy: Be productive and results-oriented It should go without saying (but here goes anyway!)—Success in work is not simply about activity (just putting in time); it’s all about productivity (getting results).  An essential part … Continue reading →

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Google’s Rules

Posted on July 23, 2020 by thebossdoctor

#2: Empower Your Team And Don’t Micromanage A big part of the art of management is finding the right balance between control and freedom in overseeing the work of your team members.  It’s not a simple question of “hands off” … Continue reading →

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Getting Things Done Through Other People

Posted on May 24, 2020 by thebossdoctor

This is one of the most fundamental (and popular!) definitions of management.  It’s certainly a straightforward way of understanding one of the most important activities of a leader.  But it’s a lot easier said than done, isn’t it?  It turns … Continue reading →

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