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Most business plans are boring and useless. Often they’re built with the help of a consultant. Management piles into a room for a couple of days and emerges with a binder filled with paper. Paper that no one ever looks at again. But everyone feels better, because they know that a business needs to have
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Sometimes underperformers aren’t good enough to re-hire but aren’t bad enough to fire either. You feel “on the bubble” about them. They may have at least some of the attitudes that are important to you. They may not be super productive, but they’re not hard on you or the organization either. While they aren’t terrible;
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No matter how long you’ve been in business, and how great your hiring systems are, the time will come when you make a hiring mistake and let a person through the net who shouldn’t be in your company. The main difference between toned, fit companies and flabby, lazy companies is that the fit ones recognize
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Think of your Wrong Fit—the person who permanently underperforms and has a bad attitude and causes you a lot of grief. Now think back to your high school Biology class and what you learned about parasites. Its goal is to latch on to a host that can supply its needs and stay latched on—permanently. The
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If you’re struggling to get motivated, this article is for you. I will teach you quickly how to find the motivation you need. What is Motivation? Motivation is trying to push yourself to do something you really would rather not do. If it’s something you would like to do, you wouldn’t need motivation; you’d just
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You may have a master’s degree in business, but I very much doubt that anyone taught you the practical ins and outs of how to make a good hire. Since I’ve done hundreds of hiring interviews, I’ll tell you in this short article exactly what to ask at each critical stage: Screening, interviewing and reference
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Every single partnership goes through difficult seasons. If you’re frustrated with your partner, consider each of these keys to building an effective partnership: Understand the life stages of every partnership Ask “What am I contributing to the problem?” Focus on what you can control Define your boundaries Focus on honest communication Understand the life stages
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“CEOs can talk and blab each day about culture, but the employees all know who the jerks are. They could name the jerks for you.” —Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric The brilliant jerk is known by many names. They include toxic idiot, drama stirrer, and productive but difficult. These are the one that are
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