The certainty of misery is better than the misery of uncertainty. These are tough times for a lot of you. Just a year or two ago, you couldn’t find or keep enough employees, and you kept asking me to speak on recruitment and retention. Now some of you are facing the opposite problem. You are being forced to downsize your …
The Successful Get Better, Not Bitter
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. I’ve spent twenty years teaching people how to be peak performers. And quite frankly, there’s nothing more exciting than seeing people achieve more than they ever thought possible. However, there will be times of disappointment in life. No matter how much I share the strategies of peak performance and no matter how hard …
Employee Motivation Thrives On Recognition
Good managers remember to recognize employees. Great managers do it every day. When comedian George Burns received an honorary degree from the University of Hartford at age 92, he said: “I can’t wait to run home and tell my mother about this. She always wanted me to be a doctor.” It’s a funny story, but Burns makes a serious point. …
Winners Do More Than Enough To Get By
There are many secrets of success, but none of them work, unless you do. A CEO of a manufacturing corporation was explaining his new policy to the employees. He said, “We’re going to become more and more automated. Now I know many of you will be concerned that our new robots will be taking your jobs.” “I want to assure …