High Performance: Page 9
Field a Team of 'A' Players at Your Startup
Don't let chronic C players jeopardize your organization's chances at success.
Want to Start Building Momentum for 2015? Start Your Resolutions Now.
Don't wait to start making positive changes in your personal and professional lives.
Energy Management Is the Missing Link to Peak Performance
Managing your time is important, but make sure you're prioritizing high-value tasks.
Enlist the Power of Suggestion to Boost Your Startup's Performance
Setting employee expectations is critical enough that it can mean the difference between success and failure.
The Biggest Blown Opportunity in Your Business
Most likely, someone in your organization is disengaged, and all their potential is falling through the gap. But there's a simple solution.
To Turn Potential Into Performance, You Need to Place Confidence in Others
Employees, clients and customers will be inspired to do better if you show them that you believe they can.
Underdogs Can't Win Being Copycats
Don't just look at the current best in your industry and do what they do. Try to be the best you, but feel free to borrow from unlikely sources.
Students Who Turn in Work Right at the Deadline Get Worse Grades, Study Finds
Procrastinators, take note: As seductive as it often sounds, working under pressure probably isn't the best strategy for achieving stellar results.
Marathon Runners Make Better CEOs, Study Finds
New research finds a positive correlation between CEO fitness and firm value.
What to Do When Your Employees Aren't Living Up to Expectations
When a staffer isn't meeting expectations, follow up with these concerted steps. In the process you might find ways to improve your leadership style.
Keeping Score Matters, But Not How You Think
Tracking your progress is important to self-improvement, but beware letting others be the referee.
No C Players in Leadership Positions, Please
Great CEOs will critically assess their managers to detect those not performing at the highest level.
Underdogs, at the World Cup and in Business, Just Need One to Win
You never know when success will come, so always put in more energy, effort and motivation.
When Hiring, Take a Cue From the NBA and Look for Performance and Character
Billion-dollar sports franchises conduct in-depth background checks and administer personality profiles for possible draft picks. Here are eight things they look for.
4 Reasons Why Leaders Need More Wave Makers
These innovators jump in and ask, "What can I do?" and initiate changes that can bring huge payoffs to an entrepreneurial operation.