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Tag Archives: Performance
A Library Doesn’t Need a Steamroller
A library (or any business/organization) doesn’t need a steamroller. That is, of course, unless the business is a construction company. Or, perhaps, if your library is in the process of constructing a new building.
Posted in Employees, Management, Performance, Performance Reviews
Tagged Performance, Performance Problems
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Presto Change-O
Change is hard enough as it is! So it can be a double blow when you work hard to change something and nobody notices! Your first reaction might be “Why bother?” But I want to tell you that is
Get ‘er Done!
Oh dear. You know what I’m talking about. You’re working on a project. It’s almost done, and then. . .wait, just a few more tweaks. Or. . . forget it, trash it, start all over. Or. . . Because, you … Continue reading
Forgive Yourself. Make it Right. Move On.
I believe I’ve mentioned before that we are all only human. We make mistakes. Would that it weren’t so, but. . . there you are. So, what do you do when you make that mistake at work, and get “called … Continue reading
Do Something Great
Do you regularly ask yourself, or others, to “do something great”? Or do you think that just getting by is good enough? Or perhaps, like me, you don’t really think about it. But we should.
Posted in Employees, Leadership, Management, Performance, Supervision
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Employees, Greatness, Performance
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Don’t Hit the Snooze Button
So often in life, whether our professional or personal lives, we get a wake up call. Sometimes, like in the example in How to Answer a Wake Up Call (Seapoint Center), it is an uncomfortable one, and we just want … Continue reading
Posted in Decision-making, Leadership, Listening, Performance, Performance Reviews
Tagged Alfred Nobel, Performance, Wake up call
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