By Joseph P. Truncale, Ph.D.,CAE, Founder & Principal, Alexander Joseph & Associates Few subjects are more widely discussed and more misunderstood than performance management. Today, with the demand for qualified people higher than ever before, the impact of performance management has never been greater. In this article, we’ll take a close look at a step-by-step approach to performance management we’ve …
Sigura Water’s Zdenek Kratky on building your contingency plan The introduction on Sigura Water’s website leads with the philosophy that every brand must adhere to: Trust. It is the most valuable asset any of us can provide to our customers. Nobody knows that better than Zdenek Kratky. As Sigura’s VP of Marketing, he is tasked with helping the brand keep …
Daily Printing’s focus on profitability yields big results. By Tom Moe I once heard a story that profoundly impacted how I think about managing costs, whether for a printing company like ours or any other type of business. American Airlines was looking for ways to cut costs in the 1980s, and the top executive posed this question: “How much money …
By Rick Sands [stag_dropcap font_size=”100px” style=”normal”]F[/stag_dropcap]or those of you lucky enough to have seen a Grateful Dead concert, especially several times, you know that no two nights were ever the same. This was in part because the band’s song catalog was extensive, but more so because they never performed any one song the same way twice. They explored and improvised. …
