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PSM #41: The Rotary Club Four Way Test
The Rotary Club Four Way Test discusses a set of questions to guide our decisions.
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It is interesting how I am introduced to ideas and discoveries in surprising places when I least expect it. In Big Spring, Texas I saw a sign featuring the Rotary Club there and asking 4 questions that I had not seen before. Sure, I have considered these questions singularly or collectively but had not seen them listed ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #41: The Rotary Club Four Way Test
The Rotary Club Four Way Test discusses a set of questions to guide our decisions.
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It is interesting how I am introduced to ideas and discoveries in surprising places when I least expect it. In Big Spring, Texas I saw a sign featuring the Rotary Club there and asking 4 questions that I had not seen before. Sure, I have consi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #40: Defining the Problem
Defining The Problem discusses the importance of defining the problem before trying to solve what is an ill-defined problem.
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During this last week I met a friend for dinner. We try and meet at least once each month to catch up on what is going on in each of our lives. I have known Steve for 20 years and value his opinions and insights. He is a dear friend. He always has an alternative view or another perspec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #40: Defining the Problem
Defining The Problem discusses the importance of defining the problem before trying to solve what is an ill-defined problem.
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During this last week I met a friend for dinner. We try and meet at least once each month to catch up on what is going on in each of our lives. I have known Steve for 20 years and value his opinions and insights. He ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #39: The Performance Review in Employee Performance Management
The Performance Review in Employee Performance Management discusses the importance and provides guidance in performing an Employee Performance review.
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The performance review is a key feature in employee performance management. The review recognizes the employee’s contributions and accomplishments during the performance period.
The performance review
provides the basis for equitab ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #39: The Performance Review in Employee Performance Management
The Performance Review in Employee Performance Management discusses the importance and provides guidance in performing an Employee Performance review.
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The performance review is a key feature in employee performance management. The review recognizes the employee’s contributions and accomplishments during ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #38: Counseling in Employee Performance Management
Counseling in Employee Performance Management
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discusses the importance of providing feedback regarding performance in the performance management.
Counseling is key to employee performance management. This feedback is essential to allow corrective action during the performance period.
Counseling takes two forms.
The first are scheduled interim reviews during the performance period. The manager meet ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #38: Counseling in Employee Performance Management
Counseling in Employee Performance Management
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discusses the importance of providing feedback regarding performance in the performance management.
Counseling is key to employee performance management. This feedback is essential to allow corrective action during the performance period.
Counseling takes two forms.
The first ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #37: Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management
"Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management"
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discusses the value and use of performance plans in employee performance management.
A performance plan is a written document between a manager and an employee of what the manager expects from the employee in tangible, measurable results.
The expectation stated in the performance plan should be based on the position description that describes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #37: Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management
"Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management"
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discusses the value and use of performance plans in employee performance management.
A performance plan is a written document between a manager and an employee of what the manager expects from the employee in tangible, measurable results.
The expectation stated in th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #35: Framework for Employee Performance Management
"Framework for Employee Performance Management" discusses an approach to employee performance management.
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The purpose of the next 4 podcasts is discuss employee performance management. I suggest the following elements comprise the framework necessary for effective performance management.
This framework contains 4 elements:
The Position Description
The Performance Plan
Performance Counseling
Perfor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #35: Framework for Employee Performance Management
"Framework for Employee Performance Management" discusses an approach to employee performance management.
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The purpose of the next 4 podcasts is discuss employee performance management. I suggest the following elements comprise the framework necessary for effective performance management.
This framework contains 4 elements: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #34: Podcast Recording with iPhone
Podcast Recording with iPhone discusses my experience in using the iPhone for recording podcasts.
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of using my iPhone to record a couple of podcasts.
In the past, producing podcast recordings was time consuming. I would record the audio using either Garageband or Audacity and a USB mic. I would then export the file to the desktop, import into iTunes, and convert to mp3. I then uploaded the m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #34: Podcast Recording with iPhone
Podcast Recording with iPhone discusses my experience in using the iPhone for recording podcasts.
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of using my iPhone to record a couple of podcasts.
In the past, producing podcast recordings was time consuming. I would record the audio using either Garageband or Audacity and a USB mic. I would then export the file ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #36: Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management
" Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management" discusses the use of position descriptions in performance management.
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A position description describes the duties, responsibilities, authorities, and required skills for a job.
A position description should exists for each position in the company and should be the basis for determining the compensation for each job and subsequen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #36: Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management
" Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management" discusses the use of position descriptions in performance management.
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A position description describes the duties, responsibilities, authorities, and required skills for a job.
A position description should exists for each position in the company and sh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #37: Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management“Performance Plans in Employee Performance Management” discusses the value and use of performance plans in employee performance management. The podcast notes are located here.
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PSM #36: Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management” Position Descriptions in Employee Performance Management” discusses the use of position descriptions in performance management. The notes for this podcast are located here.
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PSM #35: Framework for Employee Performance Management“Framework for Employee Performance Management” discusses an approach to employee performance management. The notes for this podcast are located here.
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PSM #34: Podcast Recording with iPhonePodcast Recording with iPhone discusses my experience in using the iPhone for recording podcasts. The notes for this podcast are located here.
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PSM #33: Accountability
This podcast, "Accountability", derives a lesson on trust from Wall Street.
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There are several lessons to be learned from the recent issues in the financial markets. One lesson that comes to mind deals with accountability.
Recall from an earlier podcast that I mentioned successful accomplishment of an objective requires three things: responsibility –the ability to respond, authority, and accountability. Often we fin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #33: Accountability
This podcast, "Accountability", derives a lesson on trust from Wall Street.
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There are several lessons to be learned from the recent issues in the financial markets. One lesson that comes to mind deals with accountability.
Recall from an earlier podcast that I mentioned successful accomplishment of an objective requires three things: responsibility &nd ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #32: Trust
This podcast, "Trust", derives a lesson on trust from Wall Street.
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Another lesson from Wall Street.
Trust is a fundamental aspect in all of our relationships, both business and personal.
It is interesting that one of the fundamental underlying issues precipitating a failure in the financial markets is the lack of trust between lending institutions. It seems liquidity was not the main issue, it was the fact that these institutions ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #32: Trust
This podcast, "Trust", derives a lesson on trust from Wall Street.
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Another lesson from Wall Street.
Trust is a fundamental aspect in all of our relationships, both business and personal.
It is interesting that one of the fundamental underlying issues precipitating a failure in the financial markets is the lack of trust between lending institutions. It seem ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #31: Personal Productivity with a Wiki
The podcast "Personal Productivity with a Wiki" presents a couple of simple Wiki implementations that support significant improvements in personal productivity.
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Over the last few years, a really creative group of people have constructed a very powerful personal productivity tool in the form of an HTML page implementing your own personal wiki.
These tools are built around the concept of a tiddler, an element of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #31: Personal Productivity with a Wiki
The podcast "Personal Productivity with a Wiki" presents a couple of simple Wiki implementations that support significant improvements in personal productivity.
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Over the last few years, a really creative group of people have constructed a very powerful personal productivity tool in the form of an HTML page implementing your own perso ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #30: When Things Go Awry
This podcast, "When Things Go Awry" examines some of the causes for a project's failure and what we can do about it.
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Robert Burns wrote in "To a Mouse":
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.”
We all know this one as, " The best--laid plans of mice and men often go awry" but i am a romantic and prefer the older language. But the fundamental truth here is that no matter how carefully ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #30: When Things Go Awry
This podcast, "When Things Go Awry" examines some of the causes for a project's failure and what we can do about it.
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Robert Burns wrote in "To a Mouse":
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.”
We all know this one as, " The best--laid plans of mice and men often go awry" but i am a romantic and prefer the o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #31: Personal Productivity with a WikiThe podcast “Personal Productivity with a Wiki” presents a couple of simple Wiki implementations that support significant improvements in personal productivity. The text of the podcast is located here.
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PSM #30: When Things Go AwryThis podcast, “When Things Go Awry” examines some of the causes for a project’s failure and what we can do about it. The text of this podcast is located here.
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PSM #29: How To Conduct an Effective Meeting
The podcast "How To Conduct An Effective Meeting" is located here.
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We all participate and lead meetings. Some of them work. Some do not. We can plan and execute meetings with the following list.
Plan the meeting.
Define what the desired outcome of the meeting is. Too many meetings occur without an end objective. Consequently, few of these meetings achieve the intended result.
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PSM #29: How To Conduct an Effective Meeting
The podcast "How To Conduct An Effective Meeting" is located here.
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We all participate and lead meetings. Some of them work. Some do not. We can plan and execute meetings with the following list.
Plan the meeting.
Define what the desired outcome of the meeting is. Too many meetings occur without an end objective.& ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #28: The State of the Invidivual
The State of the Individual podcast is located here.
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Maybe it is time for a “State of Me” address.
Yearly the President presents a State of the Union address, presumably to detail just that, The State of the Union, summarizing the state of the nation and its future intentions.
It seems that such an assessment would be good for me as well.
Doing my state of the person assessment entails the following item ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PSM #28: The State of the Invidivual
The State of the Individual podcast is located here.
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Maybe it is time for a “State of Me” address.
Yearly the President presents a State of the Union address, presumably to detail just that, The State of the Union, summarizing the state of the nation and its future intentions.
It seems that such an assessment would be good for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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