Monthly Archives: November 2015

Do Not Leave Decisions to Chance

One of your biggest jobs as a leader is to make decisions. Yes, sometimes it’s hard, and yes, sometimes people do not like you very much afterwards, but that is what you get paid to do. If you try to pass that off, you are not doing your job. It is as simple as that. […]

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Mellowness

Back in 2010 a friend and I visited Portugal for a few days. One of the things he pointed out during our time in Lisbon was how laid back the Portuguese are. “Mellow” was the word he used, a word I have not heard often since, oh, 1979. But it was a fair description of […]

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Write Down Those Objectives

Office meeting

We can all recognize the importance of having objectives for your employees. It helps them understand their job, it allows them to know what your expectations are, and it gives you some criteria for measuring their performance. Of course, they are only useful if you all remember what they are. We are not just talking […]

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