Posts tagged ‘High Performance Factors’

Today marks the last day of the first half of the calendar year – and for many of you it is the end of fiscal year for your organization. Good, now for the real test – Are Your People Held Accountable for Their Results?

This apparently is a touchy subject for many people in the corporate world and a misunderstood subject for most entrepreneurs. Why is this so?

First, research has shown a total disconnect between the term accountability and results with large corporate run organizations. Seems the major point of concern for corporate managers is being safe and having job security rather than being accountable for actual or real results. (I know that was a bold statement, yet, I have experienced this disconnect on multiple occasions – even having to change a theme of Key Accountability Identifiers for a group of senior level executives who complained about the use of Accountability in the process, which they did not understand. And, you would know the organization I’m referring to – large international firm.) Continue reading ‘Mid Year Review – Are People Held Accountable?’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on June 30, 2011 at 1:21 am under Performance management.
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Today is a time for robust dialogue and though provoking questions about to cut or not to cut people.

Earlier this week I wrote an article on how managers are measured using ROI ratios. The summary of this point is it is easier (notice the word is not effective) to manipulate the ratios by controlling costs usually known as people and investment than real organic revenue growth. Therefore, many managers and key decision makers use the slice and dice method of cost control.

The above points being said, what reality sets in on the organization after you have cut a large percentage of people from the payroll?

A better question should be based upon a qualitative issue. How much knowledge, expertise and unique skill sets just “left the building?” I find that no one actually thinks or talks about this issue when the shears are applied to an org chart. Yet, it should be the number one discussion point of managers prior to any reduction in talent levels. Continue reading ‘Is it Really Important to Keep Employees on Board?’ »

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Posted by Voss Graham on June 29, 2011 at 2:27 am under Performance Improvement.
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Are You Setting Your Team UP for Success?

It is no accident that good leaders have the highest performing departments.  Good teams are not happenstance.  Rather, good leaders build good teams.  Even better…great leaders build great teams.

High-performance employees work for high-expectation managers!  That’s right; the higher expectation a boss has of his workers, the higher the performance of his/her staff.  The Pygmalion Effect is an age-old phenomenon in which it is shown that our performance is that of a self-fulfilling prophecy.  If a boss considers his employees to be smart and productive, that is almost always the type of performance the boss will witness.  If a boss believes his employees to be lazy and non-committal at work, this is the performance that will almost always be present in his workers.  Employees will live “up to” or “down to” your expectations. Continue reading ‘The Pygmalion Effect at Work’ »

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Posted by Inneractive Consulting Insights on May 11, 2010 at 12:04 am under High Performance Factors, Leadership.
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