Focusing on productivity rate is one of the greatest tools for a business leader. This is not about squeezing more “blood out of a turnip;” rather, it is about creating a greater production capability that works today and continues in the future.
“Is your organization underpaying or overpaying employees? This is a critical, decisive question for most organizations.” That’s the question leading into a description of a service on compensation research and reports. It’s a good question, isn’t it? Labor cost is always a challenge – regardless of whether you are a large organization or a small team [...]
Think about this: “For the first time in Gallup history, more Americans say that economic growth should be given priority even if the environment suffers to some extent (51%) than say protection of the environment should be given priority even at the risk of curbing economic growth (42%).” While very slight (at 51%) more people [...]
“Twice today I heard a similar comment regarding rules and scripts. It must have been one of those “serendipitous” days. Personally, I’ve always been challenged to follow the rules – not the ones like “don’t steal” or “don’t kill” – and I’ve always hated scripts. I’m sure what I’m going to say will make many [...]
Here’s a comparison: think about your business as a car. What kind of car are you driving? A beater? Or a high-performance machine? Think about these four components of whatever “car” you think your business is. Power/Speed (Results) What are you trying to accomplish with your vehicle? Are you in a ‘tractor-pull’ and so you [...]
Uncork the Champagne This really irks me. It’s bad enough that most of the news we get is “bad news” (“if it’s bleeding, it’s leading…”), but we also have to interpret the news accurately because the media won’t do it. Did you see this headline: “Labor Department Says Productivity Surges as Labor Pressures Ease” If [...]
Who Wins? How well do your teams work together? Are your people focused on the same goals or, like most groups, does a bit of personal or hidden agenda creep into their team dynamics and create dysfunction? We just had the culmination of the American Football season with the Superbowl where – on the basis [...]
Not Again! The news continues to be “increase in jobless claims” and “more layoffs.” I’ve already written (here, here, and here) about the effect [tag]downsizing[/tag] has on a corporation. So why visit this again? As a follow-on to my earlier post on [tag]hiring[/tag] (here). All of this downsizing and uncertainty is creating an opportunity for [...]
Even if you don’t follow their stock price you need to understand this: Google’s stock close yesterday: $315 Price on Aug 27, 2004: $108 Highest price between: $714 Source (Yahoo Finance has their 1yr target at $458) Obviously there are many reasons for Google’s success. I want to highlight one critical factor underlying it which [...]
I was looking at Gallup.com’s “Year in Review” this morning and saw their note on “A Low-Quality Job Makes a Tough Economy Tougher.” “In the first 26 weeks of 2008, the average weekly well-being of those in high-quality jobs has been substantially higher than those in low-quality jobs. In the average week this year, more [...]
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