Alan Kay, a former Apple Fellow, said, “The only way to predict the future is to invent it.” Steve Jobs has consistently said that his strategy relies on “looking for the next […]
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Generating Commitment Requires Great Courage
Generating commitment is possible for any leadership team willing to follow some simple rules. The first rule is the toughest: brutal honesty. We’re not talking about being brutally honest with others, but rather […]
Read moreWhen Performance and Effectiveness Decline, Commitment Plunges
As a rule, when performance and effectiveness begin to decline (quality of work, responsiveness, customer satisfaction, new sales, repeat business, and so on), the commitment factor isn’t tracked or challenged. Yet we’ve all […]
Read moreHave you considered the expenditures that your employees may cost you?
Have you considered the expenditures … (of) employees who: Require layers of supervision and the concomitant expense Find excuses to arrive late, leave early, and minimize contribution Spend time on […]
Read moreWhat Do People’s Complaints Really Mean?
When people privately complain about how busy they are rather than doing what needs to be done, this too can be a good indicator that people are avoiding rather than taking responsibility. – […]
Read moreFrom Human Resource Manager to Chief Commitment Officer
In our work, we often hear HR executives lament about not having a seat at the table when it comes to being part of the strategic decision-making process. They frequently […]
Read moreHow To Make Your Meetings Matter
In continuing our blog series this month on meetings, we have invited Pauline Couture President PCA to give us a guest post on How To Make Your Meetings Matter. Here […]
Read moreSix Steps To Make Your Meetings More Effective
Last week, we took a look at the way agenda-driven meetings may be robbing your company of authentic conversations. In this week’s post, we offer six approaches you should consider […]
Read moreWhy Agenda Driven Meetings Don’t Work
This month, we begin a series which will run every Wednesday over the next four weeks and focus on the topic of How Consensus May Be Hurting Your Company. For […]
Read moreWhat Can Executives Do To Drive Employee Engagement?
In the last three posts on the topic of organizational commitment we looked at evaluating your companies level of commitment, the way two different CEO’s handle commitment and examined the […]
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