Mark Hortsman’s second critical behavior in The Effective Manager is communicate about performance. The… Worst…! It is a skill that is definitely easier for some people than others. I love feedback about myself. I even love constructive feedback about myself but ask me to give it to others… the struggle is real! Multiple reasons exist:Continue reading “The Effective Manager: Communicate About Performance”
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The Effective Manager: Get to Know Your People
Mark Hortsman’s first critical behavior that he discusses in the book The Effective Manager is getting to know your people. The manager that know his or her team members better than average are also better than average at getting results. Makes a lot of sense right! Every person that we work with is an individualContinue reading “The Effective Manager: Get to Know Your People”
Habits: Are they the key?
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. -Colin Powell We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Will Durant based on Aristotle’s teachings Wouldn’t it be greatContinue reading “Habits: Are they the key?”
15 Minute Meeting
Mark Hortsman completed an interesting study that he talks about in the book The Effective Manager. With this idea about the 15 minute meeting, they were able to impact the actions of a manager. They were able to impact employee retention in 90% of managers 90% of the time. The actions that make some manager’sContinue reading “15 Minute Meeting”
Feedback: The Employee
I’ve always had a deep appreciate and need for feedback. Word on the street is this is because I am a millennial… whatever. I fully appreciate having a coach in my life. I can provide the muscle to push myself to my goals but I want to make sure that I’m heading in the rightContinue reading “Feedback: The Employee”
Drive Part I: Where it can go wrong
In the book Turn the Ship Around!, L. David Marquet was a U.S. Naval Officer who was about to get his command of a nuclear submarine. He spent a year preparing for a command in a submarine only to have his assignment changed at the last minute to a different submarine. One of the worstContinue reading “Drive Part I: Where it can go wrong”
But It’s Boring
Redundant jobs suck. And often times they are VERY necessary. A hello to anyone powerwashing a trailer, barn, or farrowing room! Process or vaccinate pigs! Set up a barn or farrowing room! Boring…. maybe not your first time, but how about you 100th. However, this is all very important work in making sure pigs stayContinue reading “But It’s Boring”
Part III: What Gives You Drive?
Part three of the book Drive, talks about purpose. The motivating factor. The reason we spend the extra time, long nights, leave comfort, risk financial ruin or worse hurt your pride. Don’t we all yearn for making an impact and discovering a goal or purpose. I always think of the line from Grey’s Anatomy, “It’sContinue reading “Part III: What Gives You Drive?”
Part II: What Gives You Drive?
Mastery. Key number two in Daniel Pink’s book Drive. Mastery is a mindset. They found that people who believe that intelligence and capacity for learning is a muscle were much more successful than those who did not. Those who believed these characteristics were fixed, when coming across failure, thought they just couldn’t do it becauseContinue reading “Part II: What Gives You Drive?”
Part I: What gives you drive?
According to Daniel Pink in the book “Drive”, autonomy is a large part of the motivation package. They found research that this is a part of what motivates people in the United States and also in other countries. This remains consistent in different socioeconomic situation and different cultures. Autonomy in this book is not definedContinue reading “Part I: What gives you drive?”
Pigs and People 