It is often said that humans are creatures of habit. Habits are so ingrained in our daily routines that we often do not think about what we are doing–we just do it. Good habits can be very powerful; they can move us from a place of wanting something to a place of achieving. High-performing organizations […]
Paul Boston presents Innovative Employee Engagement To Boost Performance
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Oct 22
Paul Boston presents Innovative Employee Engagement To Boost Performance November 25 & 26, 2014, Toronto | Reinventing Performance Management Topic Brief Through employee engagement, your company can sustain a higher level of individual commitment and productivity that will contribute to improving your bottom line. This session looks innovative employee engagement practices to boost performance more […]
Do More with a Lot Less
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Oct 2
For over a decade we have heard about many companies wanting to more with less. Terms such as right sizing, improved effectiveness, working with limited resources, restructuring and operational efficiency all describe the desire to do more with less. But looking at the statistics you have to wonder if we are actually doing more with […]
What Would 3 Minutes 59.4 Seconds Mean in Your Business?
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Sep 17
The year was 1954 and the thinking at the time was that a 4-minute mile could never be broken. The experts said it was humanly impossible to run a mile under 4 minutes. Humans were just not designed to run that fast. However, like a lot of things in life, this was more of a […]
Are Your Goals SMART or SCAMP?
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Sep 2
Back in 1981, George T. Doran developed the goal-setting and achievement strategy called SMART. According to this strategy, goals should be: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. For many people, teams, and organizations, this goal-setting approach has long served as the cornerstone for achieving organizational goals and objectives. Today, the challenge for many organizations and […]
How Do You Prepare for Your Next Meeting?
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Aug 28
In our busy working worlds people are often overwhelmed by too many meetings. With so many meetings to attend, we end up arriving late and often unprepared. Then once everyone gets into the room, it takes about 15 minutes for people to settle in and to decide what the agenda should be. Going from meeting […]
80/20 Rule for High Productivity
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Aug 6
The 80/20 rule, sometimes referred to as the Pareto principle, very simply states that 80% of business results (effects) come from only 20% of our activity (cause). Within the new global competitive economy, this ratio suggests that human performance professionals are now more essential than ever within organizations to try to improve this performance ratio. […]