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Avoiding Difficult Performance Discussions is Not Nice

One of the excuses we commonly hear as a reason for not actively engaging in dialogue with employees regarding their performance is "We’re really nice at XYZ organization" or "We’re non-confrontational." Translation, "We have people who are underperforming, but we’d rather not have those conversations." Or, "It’s just easier to let the underperformance continue as […]

Importance of Talent Management

No Matter What Size Your Company Is!

I was working with a client who runs a small IT strategy consulting firm on an ROI project. They usually hire out their employees (mostly project managers and other project support personnel) to work on client IT implementation projects. Over coffee recently the client (we’ll call him […]