Leadership Inspirations – A Little Inaccuracy

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Human Performance Management Best Practice 5 – Placekeeping

StrategyDriven Human Performance Best Practice ArticleWorkplace distractions are everywhere; telephones ring, page announcements sound, computer popups appear, co-workers interrupt. Each of these and countless other diversions interrupt the natural progression of work achievement and divert employees’ attention away from the task at hand. Such distractions can cause an employee to lose his or her place when performing critical procedures.


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Jeffrey Gitomer

The hard side of training, and the soft side of learning.

When a new sales representative is hired, a company provides what is known as orientation and ramp up. Once those elements are complete, the company believes the salesperson can go out and begin earning money. First, it’s a heavy dose of product training. The company and their trainers will spend days, sometimes weeks, on ‘what […]

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Recommended Resource – The Leader Phrase Book

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What are you ready for? What are you waiting for?

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Leadership Inspirations – Throwing Things Away

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Human Performance Management Best Practice 4 – Stop When Uncertain

Do I go to the left or do I go to the right?” A common question asked when one reaches an intersection. Unless one is familiar with the area or has a map, the question may be answered with a nagging ‘gut feel’ rather than with certainty. Sometimes proceeding on the chosen course results in a successful outcome. At other times, it requires backtracking and results in a great deal of frustration, lost time, and unnecessarily spent resources.

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What keeps me up at night? None of your business!

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