In my last post I helped you understand the importance of giving your direct reports both genuine praise and helpful criticism. Today, I want to elaborate on how to give genuine praise. I recently attended the 2nd Annual Conference for Companies Running on EOS, held in Minneapolis. It was my privilege to speak on the topic of being a great …
The Best Defense is Good Offense
Employee Retention is No Accident Since I began working the with private business owners 16 years ago, one of the biggest challenges that always comes up is finding good people. This hasn’t changed yet and is not likely to anytime soon. Last month unemployment dropped to 3.9%, lowest since 10% back in October of 2009. This plus a steadier economy, …
A Conference for Companies Running on EOS
The 2nd Annual Conference for Companies Running on EOS was held recently in Minneapolis. Over 600 leaders representing several hundred companies met for 2 days to connect, learn and strengthen their EOS experience. It was an amazing two days. Todd Sachse, who has been Gino’s client for 15 years gave the opening key note address sharing how he has used …
See Something? Say Something!
You can’t be a Great Boss if you shy away from giving feedback, either positive or negative. Today’s message is about the importance of both praise and criticism. In other words, when you see something, you must say something! When asked about feedback, most employees say they would prefer it to be positive – no surprise there. But what may …
Getting What You Want?
To our clients, you know what we do. But it occurred to us, some of our colleagues and friends may not know exactly what it is we do all day and are so passionate about. So here is a short video that explains as simply as we possible can how we help business owners and entrepreneurs get what they …
The Power of Positive Recognition
Napoleon once said that a soldier will fight long and hard for a strip of yellow ribbon. Although compensation is important, don’t underestimate the power of positive recognition. So, when you see something, it’s important that you say something. Often, as bosses, we’re so focused on issues and obstacles and solving problems that we don’t slow down long enough …
3 Ways to Develop Your People
During quarterly conversations when you get to “next steps”, have a meaningful conversation around developing the right people who are in the right seats, which I believe is the number one people issue. This was pointed out recently in an EOS session when a member of the leadership team said that he was spending most of his valuable time as …
The Bottle Neck is Always at the Top of the Bottle
Bottleneck, logjam, ran aground… lots of metaphors for things not moving forward. We’ve all been there, and once you realize it’s happened, you immediately start looking for ways to get UN-stuck. This is what we do in helping private business owners implement the EOS Process in their businesses so they can gain traction and begin moving forward again to get …
Dealing with Three Types of Issues during a Quarterly Conversation
What causes a bit of angst for many bosses during Quarterly Conversations is an issue that comes up that may surprise them or that they may be ill-equipped to deal with. There are three types of issues that you must be prepared to address. The first type of issue, and this comes up most frequently by the way, is an …