Business Improvement

The High Cost of Employee Turnover Many managers look at the rate of employee turnover as the benchmark but in the end, what matters is how much employee turnover costs the company in lost performance and lost dollars.
How A Strong Bench Can Help You Avoid a Crisis One lesson we can take from sports is the value of having a strong bench. Almost every winning team seems to have an exceptionally strong bench and it's not by accident. This issue is all about bench strength. How strong is your bench, why you need a strong one right now, and how to improve your bench strength quickly and effectively.
Spring Clean Your Way to Better Performance Spring cleaning and improving employee performance are not as unrelated as you might think. In this article you will learn things you can - and should - do every year that will help you maintain (or improve) employee performance in your business.
Passion and Leadership Do you have a passion for your work? I hope so. I do. This article is all about passion and how it connects with being a good leader.
Bring Out the SWOT Team! How good is your staff of employees? Using a tool called a SWOT analysis, you can get a reading on the strengths and weaknesses of your staff as a whole and plan for needed improvements.
Ten Reasons To Tune Up Your People Engine
Sometimes getting started is the toughest thing to do. In this article, I discuss briefly the most common reasons why a business might need to start working on its people engine - all those systems and practices that influence employee performance.
Why Are You In Business? Down deep, we all have an important reason for being in business. Identifying and communicating that reason can make a huge difference in how much you and your employees enjoy your work. It could also greatly improve the future prospects for your business.
Are You a Purple Cow?
A Purple Cow would be truly remarkable. The best way to inspire your employees to greatness is to run a remarkable business. Is yours remarkable?
Seven Steps to Better Business Results Through Improved Employee Performance One of the most rewarding journeys possible in business is to drive for better results by making changes that increase employee performance. Here is an easy-to-follow, seven-step process for making this journey a success.
Have You Tried These Five Easy Pieces of Change? Some of the best-bang-for-your-buck changes are ones you could make in a day. Or less. Here are five steps you might take to improve the likelihood that your employees will work harder, smarter, faster, more efficiently, and with more passion for doing a great job.
Do Your Employees Have Your Ear?
Some of the most spectacular business failures in recent times have been due to CEOs who simply could not listen to bad news from their employees. Who has the "kings ear" in your business? And do you really listen? Here's why you should.
How Can You Avoid Sabotage in a Change Effort?
Too often, managers fail to get their employees to fully embrace an important change. This can lead to some employees actually trying to sabotage the change effort. Learn four key steps to avoid sabotage in your next major change effort.
Do You Know Your Business is Driven by a People Engine?
The heart of a business is the people who do its work and the systems that train, motivate, support, and compensate the people. And, like any engine, this people engine performs best with regular maintenance.
How To Keep Your Best Ideas from Going Down in Flames
Ever see a good idea fail? Do you know why it failed? Maybe it could have been successful with a little twist, but without testing in advance you can't tell. Here's a technique for testing those ideas before your customers tell you they weren't such a good idea after all.
Eight Books I Loved This Year These eight business books are the ones that inspired me the most this year. I hope that by giving you this list, I can prompt you to pick up at least one of them to enjoy for yourself.