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”
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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”
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?”
The scale of I to X
In a scale of 1 to 10, what are you? Daniel H. Pink in the book “Drive” talks about two types of people. The Type X behavior and the Type I behavior. Type I behavior responds to intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic motivation. My younger brother spent hours growing up learning all the stats fromContinue reading “The scale of I to X”
Feedback: The Manager
I LOVE performance reviews. In a previous job, there was no scheduled performance review process so every year on my hire date, I would sit my boss down and ask for feedback. He hated it, I loved it. I always figured that you can’t improve if you don’t know what direction you are heading orContinue reading “Feedback: The Manager”
What’s your 20%?
The Pareto Principle! 80% of your outcomes are determined by 20% of your inputs. I’ve heard this principle in business, sales, exercise, weight loss and relationships. Twenty percent of your customers give you 80% of your sales,etc. The problem, I think is determining what that 20% really is for each person and each team. WithContinue reading “What’s your 20%?”
Creating Goals for You and Your Team
Clarification of the Goal You have to go to work every day. You have to spend at least 40 hours a week in this spot. So…you can go into work and just dial it in or try to improve it. You can just attend or you can try to build something that you love. Continue reading “Creating Goals for You and Your Team”
Pigs and People 