Sara October 16, 2012 Communication, Human Resource Management, Leadership, Management, Operations, Organizational, Professional Development

Set and renew noble expectations

Hang with me for one more day while I tout a few of the fabulous lessons we as business owners, principals, managers can learn from the sensitive successes of our friends in ...

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Sara September 14, 2012 Management, Organizational, Professional Development

High-Impact organizations know that the benefits provided by on-going performance management will more than repay the investment.

“Performance Management” everything managers do that involves leading, managing, assessing and developing their employees.  Despite the broad range of activities, ...

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Sara September 6, 2012 Management, Operations, Organizational, Professional Development

Sustainability is the secret to great performance management success

In order for a quality performance management program to stand the test of time it must be continually re-evaluted to ensure the program remains relevant and effective.  Too ...

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Sara September 2, 2012 Leadership, Management, Organizational, Professional Development

Highly successful managers embed performance management activities into their regular routines, enabling them to help their workers improve…constantly.

1) Goal setting and revising:  Since change occurs rapidly in business,   it’s imperative that goals are set and revised at least quarterly.  Research indicates that the ...

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Sara June 8, 2012 Management, Professional Development

Bust The Myths, by determining what is blocking your way.

Myth #1 “As you grow your personality changes”.  While everyone loves a story of transformation where a person changes through the force of will or because of an ...

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Sara December 31, 2011 Leadership, Professional Development

New Year’s resolutions – fair or foul?

It’s that time of year where we often revisit the successes and/or failures of the closing year with anticipation of doing something different in the new year.  Lose ...

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Sara November 17, 2011 Leadership, Management, Professional Development

“Nothing grows under the banyan tree.”

It provides shade and is comfortable, but it allows no sun in for growth. Many leaders are banyan trees, they protect their people, but nothing grows under them. As I ponder this ...

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Sara November 16, 2011 Leadership, Management, Professional Development

Talent Magnets are people who attract the best talent, utilize it to its fullest, and ready it for the next stage.

Not only do they deliver results, but create a place for young people to grow, and accelerate other’s careers. “Multipliers” by Liz Wizeman …are you ...

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Sara November 15, 2011 Management, Organizational, Professional Development, Synerdynamics

“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” Woodrow Wilson

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Sara October 25, 2011 Leadership, Management, Organizational, Professional Development

Empowering is about instilling and encouraging power in those around you.

Empowerment defined – scary stuff, especially for a reformed control freak like me!  Most agencies I work with, including my own, were at some point in time was a ...

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