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Management for Accomplishment, 1-2-3: Here is Step One 

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Step One on a group task or project: Get people aligned on (a) What needs to happen, (b) Who’s who, and (c) How it relates to its external environment’s rules and requirements.

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The Manager’s Golden Rule: Make Production Goals Visible

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Humans aren’t always wired up to Get Things Done. In the swirl of daily life, we need a way to remember which things really matter.

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Management #1. We Are All Performance Managers

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Management. What do you manage? What is “performance”? How do you improve it? You already know the answers – you do it all the time.

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How to Have People be “Purpose-Driven” At Work

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An article reporting on the Workforce Purpose Index findings says that companies with purpose-driven employees have better growth in revenue.  Their study found “three factors that contribute to an employee feeling like they have purpose at work: Independence; Influence when it comes to decision-making; and Recognition for their work. How do you get those things […]

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New Initiative – Identify my Performance Circle

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I led a program recently for project managers and saw their biggest challenge is that most people don’t see the “bigger picture” when they are at work on a project – or any work assignment, for that matter. Most of us tend to focus on what’s in front of us (the desktop, both computer and […]

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