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Your Strategic Performance Advantage

Creating a strategic performance advantage is the key to taking your performance and productivity to the next level. And, keeping true to the philosophy of getting more with Les – it’s not difficult to do.

Productivity Myth : Knowledge Is Power

Ever hear the adage “knowledge is power?” Unfortunately, like so many other modern day myths, this one isn’t true either.

Conquering Conflict

Conflict resolution is an important part of a manager’s job. Miscommunication can take a contentious situation to a whole new level. To improve communication and defuse conflict, use the following technique, sometimes referred to as reframing, as a time-tested method for working through difficult issues.

A New Way To Think

Having a little trouble organizing your thoughts or putting together a plan? Welcome to the club. Whether you’re just trying to map out the day or develop a new policy or procedure for your boss, planning, in and of itself, can be a challenge. Good news, though. I have a solution!

What’s Your Success Quotient?

I love to focus on fundamentals. I place a high value on doing those few things that give a high return on the investment. Whether it’s time, talent or treasure, doing a few simple things on a regular basis will almost always separate you from the crowd.

The Power Of Quality Questions

One of the things we all struggle with, seasoned manager or not, is determining how to use our time most effectively. The primary role of the manager is to make sure that the work he or she is doing will contribute to the success of the company.

People Power

Harnessing the power of relationships is one of the greatest skills you’ll ever develop, personally or professionally. Individual and corporate accomplishment will be measured by how effectively we manage the relationships with our family, friends, colleagues and coworkers.

Avoid These Management Mistakes

This article is for those of you who have been recently promoted to manager or maybe have been managing for a while but have become a bit stale. It serves as a reminder that good management doesn’t just happen.

Beware Of Being Busy

Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important projects which must be done in order to move our life, our career or our business forward. It’s all too easy to convince ourselves that being busy and being productive are one and the same. Big mistake!

Turning Knowledge To Power

Ever hear the adage “knowledge is power?” Well..it’s not. It isn’t what we know that counts, it’s what we do with what we know that really matters.

Making Great Managers

Being good at anything is often a combination of raw talent and skill development. A skilled archer could be handed a very average bow and still hit the center of the target. Likewise, a simple recipe and ordinary ingredients in the hands of a master chef would result in a delightful meal. But here’s the reality, the success enjoyed by both the archer and the chef were achieved by combining innate talent with training and development. The same is true for good managers.

Getting More Done by Doing Less

It almost sounds counter intuitive, doesn’t it? The thought of increasing productivity by actually doing less just doesn’t seem possible, but it is.

Simplify Your Life

The more chaotic the world becomes, the more interested I am in slowing things down and gaining a little more control over my day-to-day existence.

The Difference Between Leadership and Management

Are leadership and management the same thing? Are leaders managers? Are managers supposed to be leaders? In the course of conducting my business of helping individuals and organizations improve performance and productivity, I find lots of confusion regarding the difference between management and leadership.

Getting Things Done!

People at the top of every profession and those in important management positions in any organization have at least one thing in common – they have developed the ability to get things done early and often.

Motivation Is A Team Sport

One of the primary responsibilities of every manager is to motivate people. The fact is, different people are motivated in different ways.

Success Factors

We could probably have an interesting discussion on the definition of success.

Getting Things Done Through People

Getting things done through people is the classic definition of management. Based on this list of responsibilities, a significant percent of your job as a manager is the development of people. Managers are in the people development business.

The Problem With Problem Solving

Ever notice when it comes to solving real-world problems, motivational cliches, like “Turn your lemons into lemonade,” don’t seem to get the job done. Here’s why.

Good Management Isn’t An Accident

There are several reasons why some managers achieve extraordinary results, while others just seem to eke by. I’d like to share some thoughts on why there aren’t more good managers out there and what could be done to change that trend.

Be Fast And Efficient

Successful people all have two things in common: they work with a sense of urgency and they understand the power of efficiency.

The Role of the Manager

In this edition, I’ll share the five primary roles and responsibilities of the manager. These five roles apply to any managerial position, regardless of the organization.

Creating Power Habits

It’s estimated that almost everything we do – we do because of habit. That little fact may be hard to swallow but the reality is – life is about choices – and our choices create habits. Most of what we do, personally or professionally, we do because we choose to. Habits come in two general categories, good and bad.