Posts Tagged ‘improve results’

How Not To Hire Your Future Problems

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Hire The Best People You Can

As the economic recovery begins to gain traction, employers – both big and small – will be in the hunt for new talent at all of the management levels within their companies, up to and including the executive suite. The question is, will you hire the best person or a future problem?

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How to Cut The Tail Off of a Dog – Making Tough Decisions

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Now before you all get mad at me I am not a supporter of any form of animal cruelty. In fact, as I write this post “Riley Rose” our almost 8 month old golden retriever puppy is under my desk having a grand old time with a chewy toy – so use my title as a story to help get a very important point across.

Some often delay making tough and important/critical decisions on a timely basis because we fear the outcome. So, to avoid this “perceived” result, we either make a series of small and less effective decisions or, we take no action hoping the matter will take care of itself. When we do this we actually do more harm because we are prolonging a bad situation and in many cases making it worse. This approach can be a fatal error for a business leader or business owner where success sometimes hangs in the balance of making tough decisions based on not-so-perfect information.

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