When nothing happens…
The reason why so many organizations have so much trouble doing what they intend to do, on time, is because when they fail to meet a deadline, nothing happens.
The dates come and go and no one talks about it. Read More
Category: High Performance Teams
What stupid stuff are we doing?
Why are we doing this?
As a business leader, one of the things I always marveled at was how much crap creeps into a business operation over time.
Processes go out of date (and become void of any usefulness) yet they remain, not as necessary processes — but as habits. Read More
The true cost of bad managers
Bad managers cause real damage
When bad managers are allowed to run free, everyone suffers.
Employees Suffer
Employees feel unsupported, undirected, bullied, confused, unmotivated, unappreciated, frustrated, and constantly questioning, “is it me?” So they are not engaged and they are not productive. Read More
Getting your team to make decisions faster
Can your team make a decision?
I was recently thinking about a moment in my career that taught me several things about team decision making.
It was many years ago in my staff meeting. I had opened a topic for discussion that I knew the members of my staff disagreed strongly about. Read More
Exciting News from Azzarello Group
2013 was an exciting year for Azzarello Group, so I wanted to share some highlights of the successes and breakthroughs my clients achieved.
Thank you so much for your continued interested and support of my business.
Client successes and projects
Strategy into Action
Over the last year I got to work with several executive teams, helping them to clarify, and successfully execute their business strategy. Read More
Who can you trust?
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody – is to trust them.”
–Ernest Hemingway
Trust and high performance
I was preparing for this month’s webinar on Increasing Team Performance and I came across the above quote. Read More
Your Team's Brand & Reputation
Every month I do a webinar on a topic of business leadership.
These webinars are part of my Azzarello Group membership program.
This month’s webinar was on Team Brand & Reputation.
(Get invited to future webinars)
If you missed it, you can download the podcast! Read More
The 2 most important decisions an executive can make
WHO and WHY?
The first time I held a general management role I had a mentor share something with me I found to be pretty life changing.
He said, “You need to worry about WHO and WHY. Read More
Making Sense of Employee Performance Ranking
Everyone’s exceptional!
Question: “How do you deal with people and teams who are average performers but who rate themselves as exceptional?”
This question came up on our last Member coaching hour call and I decided to write about it.
The rating scale
Since the call I’ve dug out the performance rating definitions I created to add to whatever corporate ones existed. Read More
A key habit for achieving long term goals
Are we still doing this?
How can you make sure you are still making progress on that goal you committed to in that offsite meeting 6 months ago?
In my work with management teams helping them execute their strategy, this issue comes up over and over again. Read More
