Do you know how to pick good people for your organization?
Friday’s unemployment figure of 4.4% was the lowest it has been since 2007. That means there will be fewer people out there looking for jobs. If you are looking to hire, it behooves you to be really clear on your job description. It also suggests
Do you have good SOP’s?
While processing an opportunity at a Vistage meeting last week, one member asked if the company had a SOP around the process being discussed. “What’s an SOP?” asked a Second Member.The group laughed or groaned.
Is multi-tasking working for you?
Vistage Speaker Larry Haas spoke to my KEY group this week on Unmasking Multi-tasking. He thoroughly convinced the group through a hands on exercise that multi-tasking is not more effective for you or your customer. We probably won’t ever forget the exercise.
Are you a crazy entrepreneur?
Reading Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, I was reminded over and over of how crazy entrepreneurs are. First off, they are trying to create something that only exists in their heads. Then, they engage others who see the vision and are committed to making it happen to help them.
Are you training your people to beat the competition?
The Q4 Vistage CEO Confidence Survey stated that …”the expected upsurge in business prospects have given a new urgency to finding, hiring, training, and retaining employees. This was the most significant and challenging issue voiced by CEOs in the latest survey.
Do people speak up at your organization when something negative happens?
How likely is it that someone will call out a fellow team member when they take a shortcut counter to policy, or when someone talks down to a lower ranking employee in another department? How about they know
Are you triggered?
How often are you in a meeting and someone says something that either makes you shut-down, or respond in anger or with a clear intent to prove why they are wrong? At that moment, you are definitely out of the sweet spot. Your conversational capacity has hit its outer limit.
Are you a team or a family?
At the Vistage Executive Summit. Ben Casoncha challenged the attendees to ponder the agreement they make when they hire a new employee. With great enthusiasm, a new addition is welcomed to the organization and within a few hours,
What do you want new employees to know and when do you tell them
The question of how you make sure an important new hire succeeds began an interesting discussion with some Vistage members last week. Even if the new hire is a seasoned professional
Are you being intentional about meetings?
Do your people complain that there are too many meetings in your organization and that not enough gets done in them? Perhaps you have a weekly management meeting. Why is it weekly?