Attention Executives
While I was working in Corporate America, I wrote the article you’ll find below. It has never been published before today. It has sat, as a draft, since March of 2012, just 3 months after I first began blogging. Now, exactly 3 years and 6 months to the day after I got fired from my […]
The Top 3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Empower Your Team
Empowerment. What is it? Who needs it? What’s the point? Empowering others means giving them the ability to do their jobs without your interference. It means you give them the keys to the boat and you let them drive. But is empowerment for everyone? Can you get by without it? Let’s take a look. Here […]
What If I Started a Podcast [Poll]?
I’m thinking about starting a podcast. A podcast would be a new challenge for me, and one that would help me make a positive impact on an even larger number of people. But I need your help. Before I go down this path, I’d like to ask you if my vision for a podcast would […]
Why You Should Follow Your Dreams and Realize You’re Worth Fighting For
In one of the book clubs I’m leading, we are currently going through The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson. You can read my review of the book here. Toward the end of the book there’s a section entitled, “Don’t Complain About What You Allow” in which Olson poses the question, “Are you your own cause?” With that […]
How You Can Empower Your 80 Percent – Part 3
How to Identify Your Organization’s 80 Percent & How You Can Empower Them Part 3 < – Back to Part 2 So far in this series we’ve learned how to identify the top and bottom ten percent of your team, how to recognize the middle eighty percent, and seen why they’re so valuable to your organization’s success. […]
How to Identify Your 80 Percent – Part 2
How to Identify Your Team’s 80 Percent & How You Can Empower Them Part 2 <– Back to Part 1 The Top 10%: Your organization’s top ten percent are most likely already on your radar as well. This group will typically consist of your top performers, the “best of the best”, and the ones who […]
How to Identify Your 80 Percent – Part 1
How to Identify Your Team’s 80 Percent & How You Can Empower Them Part 1 For the purposes of this article and this website, the “80 Percent” is used as established in this article. You want to identify your team’s eighty percent because they’re not only the heart of your organization but they’re also the largest part. I believe […]
80-twenty
We’ve all heard of the 80/20 rule. Where 20% of the people do 80% of the work… I recently heard a modified version of that called the 10/80/10 rule where 10% of the workers get recognized and promoted, 80% works and waits, and the final 10%, the bottom, gets “managed out” or fired. What kind of […]
