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Management Observation Program Best Practice 3 – Use of Standard Observation Forms

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In order to be fully effective, a management observation program must have credibility with those being observed and provide organizational performance improvement information. Credibility is established when those observed can expect both repeatable evaluations by one manager and consistent evaluations by different managers for a given job performance relative to established standards. Organizational performance improvement information is yielded when evaluation data from across the organization is aggregated; providing insights to the common patterns of desired and undesired employee behaviors.

Project Management Best Practice 5 – Define Success First

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Projects and the organizations supporting them share a key characteristic; they both deploy human, financial, and material resources to achieve defined goals. So like organizations, projects must have specific goals against which the project manager’s decisions and team member actions are focused. Like mission measures, results-based project goals should be defined before work begins and refined as scope and/or circumstances change. Only when this occurs can a project be effectively managed and efficiently completed.

Leadership Inspirations – Leading by Example

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“Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it’s the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician “I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.” Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States of […]

Management Observation Program Best Practice 2 – Program Alignment with Established Performance Standards

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The goal of any observation program is to promote adherence to the performance standard delineated by management in order to consistently achieve superior results. Additionally, observation program credibility exists when those being observed can expect both repeatable evaluations by one manager and consistent evaluations by different managers for a given job performance relative to established standards. Therefore, management observations must be aligned with and focus on those critical standards required to ensure outstanding performance.

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 12 – An Interview with Nat Stoddard, author of The Right Leader

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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 12 explores the challenges and solutions to selecting executives who possess the needed skills and experiences while also being a good fit with the organization’s culture.

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