Running a company is like managing a football club. You must identify the best people and place them in the right positions. A football club key scorecard is winning championships or league titles or cups. To do so, football clubs have a clear structure to identify, nurture, train and manage people. The main product of a football club is the first eleven (11) football team; and the reserve players. The football leadership team, headed by the Head Coach is responsible for identifying the best players and their ideal positions. If the Coach switches positions of the striker and goal keeper,…
What value do you bring on the table?
Do you know that everyday you go to work; the company is spending money? As a good employee, conduct a daily reality check: what is the cost the business makes because it gave you a job? And how much revenue do you bring on the table? If you did not come to work today, how much loss or gain would the company? The objective of any business is to make money and save costs or both. When you get a job, you need to study your job description or scorecard carefully to understand where to you fall. Are you in…
The lie: staff motivation improves productivity
If you want a good life, go out and act. Start doing something about it. Stop waiting for some folk who is already frustrated with their lives to come and talk into you some motivation. One of the worst performance improvement concept is motivational speaking. The best person to motivate you is you. The staff has a choice: to be self-motivated or not. It does not matter how many motivational talks one attends, if one lacks a full tank of personal beliefs in own potential to thrive, nothing good will happen. For that reason, over 70% of the people who…