Wisdom Doesn’t Wait – September 3rd

Wisdom Doesn’t Wait – September 3rd

When someone comes up into management hopefully they get some training and instruction when taking the job.   Hopefully. This provides them with the nuts and bolts on what to do and when to do it. But there is one thing that all the training in the...
Higher Ground -August 3rd

Higher Ground -August 3rd

Recently some folks have been struggling with an employee who is just driving them crazy. It is a situation where the employee has many personal agendas about their job and their working conditions. They then look for any small misstep on the part of...
Casual – July 1st

Casual – July 1st

Recently I was at a new employee orientation training with some of our new clerks and cashiers. Also, in attendance were two of our managers who I had been working with to co-present at the training.  When I entered the room, the managers...
A Loaded Word – June 4th

A Loaded Word – June 4th

Accountability is a loaded word. In many employee’s minds it’s a word loaded with connotations of authority, discipline and rigidity. It’s one of those words where folks can use it and think they’re all on the same page, and yet in reality...
Are They Willing? – May 2nd

Are They Willing? – May 2nd

Many of you have probably heard me talk about skill, will and ability in terms of evaluating an underperforming employee to determine what course of action to take. If an employee doesn’t have the skill to do the job, we start with...