Defining Mediocracy What does mediocrity mean? The Cambridge dictionary defines it as: “the quality of being not very good”, in other words average – neither the best nor the worse. Mediocrity finds a home in the adage that “good enough is good… Continue Reading…
Accountability • Career • Communication • Effective Teams • Embracing learning • Engaged Employees • Feedback • Leadership • Management • Performance Management • Relationship Building • Retain Talent • Self-Reflection
August 22, 2022
What good mid-year reviews look like Mid-year reviews are effective when they achieve a few key outcomes: Receiving honest feedback on what is working well, and what needs tweaking or improving Opportunities to explore new project assignments or stretch challenges… Continue Reading…
Adapting • Career • Change • Determination • Embracing learning • Motivation • Opportunities • Performance Management • Skills
May 17, 2021
What do we mean by a skill gap? The concept of recognizing something you don’t know, seeing the mismatch between the skills we need and ones we have, first emerged in a 2012 HBR article Mind the (Skills) Gap. The… Continue Reading…
Building teams • Communication • Difficult People • Effective Teams • Feedback • Overcome Challenges • Performance Management
April 5, 2021
Is it Laziness? If a person does not pull their weight, does that translate into being lazy? Personally, I don’t believe that not pulling your weight has much correlation with laziness, in most cases. A failure to deliver typically correlates… Continue Reading…
Adapting • Building teams • Communication • Effective Teams • Feedback • Leadership • mindfulness • Overcome Challenges • Performance Management • Tips
March 29, 2021
Struggling for words? Picture this: deep in conversation and suddenly struggling for the right words to express your ideas, feelings, or thoughts! It is a common situation, but one we can learn to manage better than might be the case… Continue Reading…