by Misti Burmeister | Feb 19, 2015 | Provoke your Performance |
While many hiring managers do their best to hire talented people with the right attitude, mistakes happen and the wrong employees end up on the team. Even if the work they do is valuable (or even critical), these employees become a challenge that sets the foundation...
by Misti Burmeister | Feb 15, 2015 | Interviews with Provokers, Provoke your Performance |
In this exclusive interview, Tom Ziglar, CEO of Ziglar, Inc., disclosures Ziglar’s time-tested formula for: Getting your team to care, Inspiring excellence in others, Discovering your vision, Building trust, and Building and strengthening communities, and...
by Misti Burmeister | Feb 12, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
***NOTE: To celebrate our 1-year anniversary of podcasting, this is a re-post of our first episode! Man, we’ve come a long way! Thank you for this journey and stay tuned for lots more this year. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, most of us have...
by Misti Burmeister | Feb 5, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Sitting across the table from Jay, a CEO with one hundred employees, I listened as he talked about firing Geoff, a member of his leadership team who was hired just six months prior. What went wrong? “The people on his team don’t like him,” Jay said. “They don’t think...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 29, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
How do you deal with managers or coworkers who clearly have a problem with your performance, but avoid speaking directly to you about the issue? During my recent stay at a historic inn, I met TJ, an assistant to the chef. Soon after he lit the wood in the fire pit, I...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 22, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
This week’s blog is going to be slightly different. I’ve been having a blast getting my latest ebook ready for you. (incase you’re just chiming in, I have an ebook coming out! Shi(f)t: Turning Fecal Matter into Feedback That Matters. All about getting the most out of...
