Tag Archives: “A” players
4 Ways to Create Linsanity on Your Team
Do you have a Jeremy Lin on your team? You might. You may think you understand the potential of every person on your team but the truth is, you could have unbelievable, untapped talent sitting “on the bench” just waiting …
The Secret Ingredient
Many companies measure their success by revenues, income and other traditional accounting yardsticks. The problem is that the accounting approach measures how you did but not how you should have done. For example, take a company that grew 20% last …
Did you Hire the Right People for the Wrong Job?
In my line of work, I see a lot of what I like to call “organizational mismatch.” I see it often, especially in companies that have experienced significant growth in a short amount of time. What it means is that …
“A” Players
Every company that we have met that has a cash flow problem or were unsatisfied with their growth or profits also had a people problem. Growth problems attributable to bad strategy are also people problems because companies that choose the …
Belief Systems and Results
We all carry belief systems that may lead to success and or throw us off course. Many times behavioral weaknesses that are obvious to others (but not to ourselves) are the results of these belief systems. Often they are belief …
Are You Reading Enough?
By Howard Shore Verne Harnish is the founder of two world-renowned entrepreneurship organizations, the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO) and the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs (ACE). In his recent keynote address at the Fortune Growth Summit, he made mention of …
Barriers to Finding, Getting, and Keeping High Performers
By Howard Shore My partners and I recently devoted our weekly meeting to discussing an issue we encountered with our upcoming learning event for local owners: Building a Team of High Performers. We believed this would be an important topic …
Barriers to Finding, Getting, and Keeping High Performers
By Howard Shore My partners and I recently devoted our weekly meeting to discussing an issue we encountered with our upcoming learning event for local owners: Building a Team of High Performers.
Of Course You Can Do Better – Part 2
By Howard Shore In Part 1, we got our attitudes in order, turned our decisions into commitments, made sure our word was worth something, and tackled time management.
