Posts in: system of management

May 5, 2016 Andrew Freedman

"I'm Here So I Won't Get Fined" - How to Fix the Most Common Hidden Metric Problem

An old boss once told me that you get what you measure. At the time, I was a young and inexperienced manager. My boss was trying to teach me the criticality of establishing performance metrics, standards of accountability, and...

May 5, 2016 Joe Mechlinski

5 Kickass Elements of a Kickoff Meeting That Are Too Awesome Not to Steal

You’ve heard it a million times before: always make a good impression. Great advice, right? It’s time to do the same with your kickoff meetings. Start with a bang. Come out swinging. Now’s not the time to hold back. Anything...

May 5, 2016 Jeff Lesher

How to Figure out If the Reason You're Constantly Putting out Office Fires Is That YOU Are the Fire

If you spend your day putting out fires, find the cause…you may be the fire hazard When I was a teenager, my family adopted the elderly dog of a family friend who no longer could care for her full time. We already had two cats...