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How to Have Effective Meetings

Written by Don Tinney on March 7, 2011

In considering all the different suggestions for how to have effective meetings, it’s important to focus on the desired outcome. Any meeting you conduct should first have clearly stated, meaningful objectives and a matching agenda to meet those objectives. Don’t meet because it just feels like you need a meeting.

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A Great Day = A Great Scorecard (and Vice Versa)

Written by Mike Paton on March 3, 2011

Recently several of my clients asked for help putting together company or departmental scorecards. For many organizations and leaders, finding the right set of 5 to 15 leading indicators that provide an absolute pulse on the business (or the department) is a difficult challenge. Often it takes several months or longer to truly fall in love with your Scorecard.

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A Simple Question That Will Keep Your Organization Healthy and Productive

Written by Gino Wickman on February 28, 2011

Two epidemics kill cultures: end-runs and unresolved complaining. These epidemics have a powerful cure in the form of a simple question.

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Setting Standards with the People Analyzer

Written by Ed Callahan on February 24, 2011

It's a generally held opinion that you only get into the Football Hall of Fame as a quarterback if you have won a Super Bowl. Whether you agree with that unwritten quarterback rule or not, the point is that the Hall of Fame for all sports requires that for an athlete to be elected, the athlete must achieve beyond very high standards indeed.

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The Ambition to Excel

Written by Rene Boer on February 22, 2011

Yesterday was President’s Day and I thought I’d share a story about John Adams, our second President.

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