by Ira Wolfe | Jun 20, 2011 | Employee Performance Management
Some motivational researchers refer to employee motivators as values or attitudes. There is a quality in the words “values” and “attitude” that suggests right and wrong. That presents a challenge because people like to assign a moral outlook when discussing values,...
by Ira Wolfe | Jun 8, 2011 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
If you ask 100 managers to explain why employees fail, you will likely get at least different 101 answers. But once you remove all the smoke, mirrors, theories, and old wives tales, there are really only seven reasons. Lack of Technical Skills/Knowledge. Everywhere...
by Ira Wolfe | Mar 15, 2011 | Employee Performance Management
How ready are your managers to face new challenges they’ve never faced before? This is a just-in-time world. Everything we do anymore needs to be done yesterday. To compound the complexity, managers who are often promoted into their positions as a result of technical...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 21, 2011 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
The word of the year at DynaTech is “improvement.” It’s not glitzy, fancy, or catchy. It doesn’t grab you with the intensity of the 1980s and 1990s buzz word “kaizen,” which by the way means “improvement” in Japanese. But it’s a word that every employee...
by Ira Wolfe | Jan 16, 2011 | Employee Performance Management
Today’s Post is Provided by Guest Author: Tom Connellan Sales managers today are facing a challenge: To boost the performance of sales teams who, fighting for every dollar, feel increasingly discouraged, dispirited, and not fully engaged in their jobs. Today I...
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 6, 2010 | Employee Performance Management, Leadership
A recent study by i4cp revealed that 32 percent of high-performing organizations with 1,000 or more workers said they have emotional intelligence initiatives. This compares with just 19 percent for low performers. This isn’t proof that emotionally intelligent...
