Senior level course on performance and goal setting today, people. It’s not often that I hear people tell me they wish they could get more innovation from their direct reports. It happens from time to time, but let’s face it – the world is moving pretty fast and for the most part, we’re all just trying to keep up. Innovation …
Development Plans For HiPos: Complicated
Let’s face it, most of you have high potentials at your company. Whether they work for you directly or are part of your extended team, they’re there. Also, you may or may not have a formal succession plan in place and even if you do, you may or may not have told them they’re a part of it. Translation: Thinking …
Why Athletes and Musicians Make Better Employees
All things being equal, if I have the opportunity to hire a musician or an athlete over a non-musician or athlete I’ll do it. Every time. Remember those piano lessons your mom made you take when you were a kid that you hated so much you put up a huge stink and quit? Yeah, well I hate to break it …
You Have So Much Potential
If you were MENSA eligible, would you join the organization? For me, the answer is a resounding NO. The main reason is… it would screw with me, and it would hinder my ability to have relationships with normal people. See… normal people. WTF. If you’re smart, turns out, you know it. Having an outside, third-party objective organization tell you that …
Talent Swag: Transparency in Identifying Leadership Potential
Okay, let me start by saying I’m a pretty young guy and I feel as though I’m “hip to the jive.” I can also admit that some nights I sit with my fiancée and, without complaint, watch a full hour of E! News. But, what the heck is “swag?” When you turn to the millennial man’s best friend, Google, you …