01 March 2012 To be at your place of peak performance stay vigilant for drift. Drift is a concept that Prof. Sidney Dekker at Lunds University in Sweden uses to describe a facet of human factors and safety. Human factors determines how a person‟s assessments and actions made sense to […]
Author: pwpadmin
Just 5 Goals
31 January 2012 The positive impact of writing down your goals is one of the most widely researched topics in psychology. Ed Locke, the pioneer of goal-setting theory, proved “goal setting positively impacts performance.” 2012 started at full throttle and look how quickly January passed. Five goals are offered to […]
Kick It Up
13 December 2011 “Yes, we know the pallet jack has a broken wheel, but we use it anyway,” say the workers looking at a huge gash in the beautiful epoxy floor. This month’s E-bits is your wake-up call, ”Intensity is a necessity.” I am your watchman raising the caution flag […]
Why not deny?
30 September 2011 “People who don’t take ownership of their actions” is sited as the #1 co-worker irritant by 78% of the professionals responding to a recent LinkedIn poll of 17,000 professionals. Does that irritate you, too? Self-protection drives people to not own their actions. I wonder if this data […]
The MUDA of non-productive payroll
30 August 2011 30—38% of revenue is a good rule of thumb for payroll according to Don Todrin, a specialist in solving business debt problems; as it climbs toward 50% the businesses are always in trouble. How well are your payroll dollars working for you? No less than six situations […]
Change Agent Extinction
26 July 2011 No one steps up. The workshop is ending, the walls are covered with great charts guiding the way to the future, and no one makes a move to collect the charts or offers to call the next meeting or lead the effort. There is power in controlling […]
Memorial Day Reflection
30 May 2011 Here in the States, tomorrow is a day to remember all the people who have served in the military, with special tribute to those who have given their lives protecting us. Words to reflect upon this day include: Duty Valor Honor Loyalty Commitment Be we so fortunate […]
Kedging, Motivation and Lean
30 April 2011 Winter is over and it is time to kedge out; get into action. E-bits takes Daniel Pink’s thoughts on motivation and couples them with a sailing practice called “kedging” to create a one-two punch setting yourself up for success. Enter Bob Stauble. Bob is one of the […]
ATTITUDE…reaping the results of what you sow
Enter, if you will, the “No victim zone” and explore the relationship between attitude and results. Four times this past week I have experienced the profound impact of attitude on a person‟s career and success. Attitude is worthy of our consideration. How many times have you heard someone say “that […]
Finding Innovation at the Verge
30 March 2011 The recent issue of CFO magazine speaks to the continuing importance of cash management in this economy. Last week at the Young Entrepreneurs meeting people talked about underestimating how bad their worst-case scenario would be. There is still no time to “take a breath” in this economy. […]