Sep 26, 2022
How can you identify A players during an interview?
There is no substitute for a team of A players. The higher the percentage of A players that you have in your team for longer, the greater the chance of the team's success. How do you know when you’ve got an A player - or potential - on your hands?
This week we...
Sep 19, 2022
Is your leadership team too big?
There's a real challenge that comes with having too many people in a meeting or in a team. Some leaders want to be all-inclusive and can end up with too many people in the room, or others can end up with too few people.
Each of these can come with a set of second-order...
Sep 12, 2022
How do you deal with an executive that is underperforming?
Executives are the most impactful and important roles in your company. Weak executives create weak teams, which start to rot the company from the inside out.
Sometimes we have good people who we trust, but they perform at a B level. They score high on the core...
Sep 5, 2022
What happens when managers tell you people are leaving for more money?
As a leader, your direct reports will tell you that a team member of theirs has left for more money. The problem is that it’s an easy excuse, that actually leads to never fixing attrition issues. Instead, what if you didn’t accept that answer and...