I have worked with all kinds of leaders new leaders, experienced leaders, leaders without the title, CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, CFOs, business owners, career corporate executives, volunteers, board of director chairs, and even local government officials. Almost all of them would
Four Employee Quadrants Each employee’s specific tasks can be plotted on the Skill / Will Matrix which results in a plot in one of four quadrants. Depending on the plot location in a quadrant can provide guidance for a manager
Defining Skill and Will Let’s be clear about how we are defining Skill and Will. Skill: The natural talents or talents acquired through experience by someone to perform a certain task (or series of tasks). This is cognitive understanding of the
Assessing Caution The benefit of assessing others is dependent on a manager’s ability to accurately assess. It can be easy to let our personal bias or appearance of competence and motivation of an employee to interfere with our ability to
Managing Employee Tasks Have you ever witnessed an assigned task fall short because: The employee was unwilling or unable to perform the task? The task a fully capable employee was performing was micro-managed by the manager? As managers, we all
NOTE: Each week this month, I am publishing a series of posts about achieving authentic success. This post is 5 of 5. Go One Step Further Before beginning your day (or even the night before), determine the one or two things
NOTE: Each week this month, I am publishing a series of posts about achieving authentic success. This post is 4 of 5. Create Marching Orders for the Week How do you make incremental progress with your goals without being distracted by
NOTE: Each week this month, I am publishing a series of posts about achieving authentic success. This post is 3 of 5. A Big Reason Annual Goals Don’t Work Annual goals give you direction, but a year is a long time.
NOTE: Each week this month, I am publishing a series of posts about achieving authentic success. This post is 2 of 5. How SMART are Your Goals? Many goals are written in ways that are hard to determine when the goal
NOTE: Each week this month, I am publishing a series of posts about achieving authentic success. This post is 1 of 5. Leading others starts with leading yourself. Credibility as a leader has a foundation of how others see your follow