By Jack Nokes My grandfather never made it past 8th grade, he never worked in an office, and he died well before the Information Age took off. However, his lack of formal education didn’t mean he lacked the wisdom necessary to run a good operation. PawPaw’s philosophy on getting a job done was: “hire the […]
Five questions great executives ask when dealing with performance problems
“I’ve got to act on a performance issue with one of my executives,” the CEO said over lunch. “How do you know it’s a performance issue?” I asked “Well, he’s been caught out not telling the truth on a couple of important matters. He is countermanding projects I have set up and he has stopped […]