by Bill Treasurer | Jul 1, 2015 | Strategic Planning
I was speaking with a friend recently who is at his wits’ end about how his weekly staff meeting runs. He is already doing a lot of things right. He creates and circulates an agenda in advance. He emphasizes the start and end times of the meeting, and why it is...
by Bill Treasurer | Nov 27, 2013 | Strategic Planning
Reward Courageous Behavior, Not Just Successful Outcomes It is important to differentiate between a successful outcome and a courageous act. Being courageous, by definition, means to take on challenges despite the potential for failure. Courageous workers do, in fact,...
by Bill Treasurer | Oct 9, 2013 | Strategic Planning
You hear a lot about the importance of metrics in organizations. When it comes to behavior and performance, as the saying goes, you get what you measure. It’s also said that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. While it is important for leaders to make...
by Bill Treasurer | Sep 18, 2013 | Strategic Planning
Employee engagement is one of those hot topic leadership areas. The evidence is overwhelming that when employees are highly engaged at work profits and performance dramatically increase. When employers genuinely care about their employees, and their employees...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 28, 2013 | Strategic Planning
In my last post I talked about the importance of risk-taking to career and organizational success. This post extends that idea by offering five specific criteria for evaluating whether a risk is right or wrong for you. When considering a risky move, most people resort...
by Bill Treasurer | Dec 17, 2012 | Strategic Planning
It’s been a hard few days. The tragedy in Connecticut on Friday is frightening and numbing. One of the little girls was named Olivia. My niece is named Olivia. How my heart would have broken had she been a victim in that classroom? How do those parents and...
