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Engage to Get Engagement

Everyone wants to talk about engagement (noun). How does MANAGEABLE help managers engage (verb) team members? If I walked around your workplace and saw or heard your managers and team members engaging, what would I see or hear?

Effective Performance Management and Coaching: What CEOs Need to Know

At the heart of high performance is clarity - especially in the conversations between managers and employees. Yet Gallup reports that most employees are unclear on their manager’s expectations. Even more troubling: many managers themselves are uncomfortable with coaching. The result? Weak accountability, role confusion, and poor execution.

Get your special projects over the moon when you define them like JFK did with QQTR

In 1961, President Kennedy gave what might be considered the best-ever QQTR goal to America, Congress, and NASA: the moon landing challenge. (click here to read an excerpt of the speech to Congress)...

Engage to Get Engagement: Part 3

Not long ago, I attended a conference in New York city with hundreds of start-up business owners. They came from across the country. The hosts scheduled plenty of 15-minute breaks so we could network and learn from each other. Everyone wanted to give their start-up elevator pitch and get feedback on how well they did.

Engage to Get Engagement: 1:1 Coaching

While watching the NCAA March Madness games, one thing is crystal clear: If you want high-performing teams, then you’ll need high-performing coaches. Great managers know how to effectively coach their teams to win.

What does an effective performance management system look like?

I have worked in multiple organizations, and I have served as a business advisor or executive coach to many others. Each used some type of performance management system or set of practices, whether formally instituted or (often in smaller organizations) just by the way things got done. So, what are the hallmarks of effective performance management?