Transforming Performance Measurement
It’s no secret that you can’t improve your organization’s performance without measuring it. In fact, every function, unit, process, and the organization as a whole, is built and run according to the parameters and expectations of its measurement system. So you’d better make sure you’re doing it right. All too often, performance measurement creates dysfunction, whether among individuals, teams, or across entire divisions and companies. Most traditional measurement systems actually encourage unhealthy competition for personal gain, creating internal conflict and breeding distrust of performance measurement. Transforming Performance Measurement presents a breakthrough approach that will not only significantly reduce those dysfunctions, but also promote alignment with business strategy, maximize cross-enterprise integration, and help everyone to work collaboratively to drive value throughout your organization.
For managers, coaching for performance and for emotional intelligence are two different things. But that doesn’t mean they exist in different worlds. Performance is just one part of an employee’s overall development as a professional and as a leader — development which depends on the employee’s emotional intelligence and the ability of the manager to encourage and increase it.
A manager who understands the ins and outs of his company's compensation system is more likely to be able to retain his best people, keep them motivated, and ensure that they continue to produce outstanding results. Written by compensation experts at the Hay Group–one of the most respected consulting firms in the world–The Manager's Guide to Rewards reveals how to:
While it can be rewarding to raise an extremely bright child — quick, curious, sensitive, and introspective — it’s also a daunting challenge. Parents need insight into their own motivations (as well as those of their children), and the courage and ability to make tough decisions about their child’s development. Raising Gifted Kids will help parents understand and cope with the obstacles they face in raising a gifted child, and help them make the best choices for their son’s or daughter’s growth and happiness. This upbeat and practical book reveals how parents can: * help develop their child’s potential and self-esteem without pressuring them * plan their child’s education * work optimally with schools and teachers * recognize and prevent problems * solve family conflicts over parenting issues * avoid the dangers of living vicariously through their child’s accomplishments * and much more Filled with proven solutions to the unique challenges of raising gifted kids, this book is the powerful yet accessible resource parents have long wished for.
All couples have their own complex relationship with money: how they organize and pay their bills, how they balance their checkbook, and most importantly, how they spend and save their hard-earned dollars. Furthermore, arguments over money are the number-one cause of divorce. In Financial Bliss, readers will find out how they can get the most out of their lives together by understanding each other’s financial tendencies, communicating effectively, and charting a course for the future. Couples will learn how to:
In today’s time-based and cost-conscious global business environment, tight project deadlines and stringent expectations are the norm. With sales of more than 115,000 copies, Fundamentals of Project Management has helped a lot of business people meet or exceed those standards. The updated and revised third edition provides an unparalleled introduction to project management, along with new tools and techniques for planning and executing projects on time, on budget, and with maximum efficiency and productivity.
The aim of this book is primarily to enable those wanting to invest in coaching to be able to do so in the most effective way whether they are doing this as an organisation or as an individual. It illustrates the impact coaching can have and identifies changes in leadership and management demands and expectations. We consider what a coachee gets out of coaching, different formats for coaching and its potential value at Board level, including for the Chief Executive Officer, and for other individuals or groups such as new recruits or those who have just been promoted. We look at the difference between coaching and mentoring and the potential benefits that both can have, especially in combination. We look at how coaching programmes can be introduced effectively and how a leader might introduce coaching in their organisation. We address the international dimension with many organisations looking to ensure that leadership is based on similar values throughout its global reach. This book is unashamedly about business coaching. Quality coaching engagement will impact into an individual’s wider life priorities and use of time and energy. But the effective delivery of business priorities has to be at the basis of introducing business coaching.
Foreword by Jay Conrad Levinson, author of the ‘Guerilla Marketing’ series
Hiring good people is and always will be the most critical factor in an organization’s success. 101 Strategies for Recruiting Success offers practical tips of the trade from a recruiting professional with more than two decades of experience. The book reveals 25 talent sourcing options, probing interview questions and methods, and high- impact retention strategies that begin even before the candidate is hired.
