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How to Get Real Performance Out of Your Performance Management

Jan 30

Carolann Jacobs on January 30th, 2009

Yesterday, we talked about the most common way larger organizations set about the performance management and how it demotivates rather than focuses on success. Today we’re going to talk about how you as a leader can be that Calibrator of Accountability and Responsibility™ (by Legacy Leadership), and create meaningful and motivating objectives in your organization. [...]

Is Performance Management Killing Performance?

Jan 29

Carolann Jacobs on January 29th, 2009

“Goals without a vision are just a task list.” ~ Ken Abrams, Top Coach Consulting We set goals to take us somewhere greater, and without that strategic plan, we’re just chasing after to do’s on the road to nowhere. It’s getting to be that time of year when many groups and individuals within groups are [...]

The Best Mentor Coach

Jan 28

Carolann Jacobs on January 28th, 2009

One of the things that new coach’s realize in the first months of their training is that we didn’t know what we were talking about when we said that we’d been “coaching all of our lives.” At the beginning, most of us thought that because people seek us out for advice and support that we [...]

The Biggest Mistake I Made Trying to Reward Peak Performers

Jan 27

Carolann Jacobs on January 27th, 2009

Several years ago, I was sitting in my VP’s office after my team spent a grueling year implementing a doomed-to-failure-from-the-start software project. Over the course of time and two divorces. it had been reduced and re-reduced into something achievable, and we were discussing how to reward the team for less than $100. Unless we stuck [...]

Would Disclosing the Salary Secret Explode Your Organization?

Jan 26

Carolann Jacobs on January 26th, 2009

Do you remember the days when car shopping was fraught with stress because when it all came down to the price you paid for the car came down to how well you negotiated? Back in the day, all the buyer had to work from was the MSRP, which nearly everyone knew was thousands more than [...]

Save The Day With Collaboration

Jan 23

Carolann Jacobs on January 23rd, 2009

Today, I want to take a look at Best Practice Number 2 from the Legacy Leadership® model (this is the model that serves as the foundation for my Inimitable LeadershipTM series of group masterminds). This best practice states that a leader is a “Creator of Collaboration and Innovation.” Generally speaking, great innovation comes from groups [...]

What’s Your Business Networking System?

Jan 22

Carolann Jacobs on January 22nd, 2009

I just finished this week’s installment of my Land Your Dream Job Seminar with Miriam Salpeter of Keppie Careers. Much of the Design Your Strategy, Devise Your Action Plan and Get Moving was centered around designing a strategy around networking. My guest in 2 weeks will be Jeff Klein founder of Klein Creative, speaker, author, [...]

Why Goal Setting is a Waste of Time

Jan 21

Carolann Jacobs on January 21st, 2009

SMART goals. Set goals to be successful. New Year’s Resolution’s don’t work, set goals. You can’t make progress without goals. Sound familiar? You’d think that as a coach, I’d be all over this goal-setting business. You’ve heard about goal setting all your life, haven’t you? Parents, teachers, and self-help gurus will all tell you that [...]

How to Thrive in Tough Times

Jan 20

Carolann Jacobs on January 20th, 2009

This interview with Sandy Vilas, the CEO and owner of Coach U, author, speaker, and the man who built the largest coaching practice in the world, is an excellent resource for those of you who are feeling overwhelmed and anxious about the economy. If you’ve been feeling afraid because your job is in danger or [...]

Take a Leadership Role: Build Priceless Business Relationships

Jan 15

Carolann Jacobs on January 15th, 2009

Dean LIndsay came to speak at my Winning the Game Lunch in Plano, TX last Friday. His talk not only gave me a different framework for talking about the importance of relationship networking, but also reminded me how important it is to you and yours to take a leadership role as a networker. In this [...]

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