How To Do a Cost Benefit Analysis

You don’t need a Masters Degree in Finance to do a Cost Benefit Analysis.  Join Jed and Bob as they talk about how to use this simple and effective tool.

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Performance Management – How To Set Goals & Objectives

Join Jed and Bob as they talk about the Performance Management process, and more specifically about Setting Goals and Objectives.  How do you cascade them up and down the hierarchy?  Find out this week.

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Writing a Business Case

Join Jed & Bob as they discuss the Seven Steps to writing a good business case.

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Progressive Discipline

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss why and how progressive discipline should be undertaken in an organization.

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Who’s Got The Monkey? Delegating Responsibility

In 1974 Bill Oncken asked the question of “Who’s got the Monkey” to lament the fact that managers seem to buy more and more problems back from their people, when really they should challenge and develop their people to solve their own problems.  Join Jed and Bob as they discuss how managers can put Oncken’s advice to work. Listen to the ‘Who’s Got the Monkey? Delegating Responsibility’ Podcast (13 mins 34 sec):

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Strategy Maps For The Individual Manager

Find out how how individual managers can build and use their own strategy maps, and how doing so can focus performance.

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Aligning Mission, Vision & Goals

Learn how to align your Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Goals & Objectives (and make sure they are acted on).

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The Balanced Scorecard Approach

What is the Balanced Scorecard and how can you use it in your own organization? Learn the basics in this podcast.

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Why HR Often Sucks

Top 10 reasons why HR often sucks… and what you can do to begin to fix it.

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SMART Goals Are Dumb

You already know what SMART goals are – find out about HARD goals and how they can help you achieve more.

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