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A Behavioral Driven Performance Model

By Hugh Massie ⋅ July 28, 2010 ⋅ One comment

While it is a trend to create a diverse team in a workplace, I have found that companies are still using a standard performance model across the board to measure their behaviorally diverse team’s performance.
Several months ago I started evaluating consulting company’s performance evaluations. With much dismay I have found that most [...]

Confidence Sustains Performance

By Hugh Massie ⋅ July 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In all areas of life, people talk about how they can improve and sustain performance. How do we get better results and keep good results regularly coming? This is true for people in their personal lives and careers, businesses, sporting teams and so on.
Foundational to building performance to a high level is knowing your DNA [...]

Importance of Private Businesses to Business

By Hugh Massie ⋅ July 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

When one looks at business, it is easy to miss or not appreciate the importance of private businesses and entrepreneurship. How often do you look to the larger public companies for opportunities, marketing and jobs? Probably a lot. This is what many first think of doing.
I would like to suggest that [...]

Redeploying Your Talents

By Hugh Massie ⋅ April 16, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The current financial crisis is bringing to light a huge workplace shift. For many baby boomers, they only had one career or expected to have one career. The thinking of this generation was that upon getting your qualifications you had one career – working up the ranks often in the same company. Today, it is [...]

Should You Be In The Business?

By Hugh Massie ⋅ April 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I have had some interesting discussions in the past week with financial advisors and managers of advisors. With the financial downturn everyone is evaluating where they are at. The big question being asked is: “Should you be in the business?”
My feeling is that over the next 1 to 3 years many [...]

Finding Meaning In Your Life

By Hugh Massie ⋅ September 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

For a few years now there has been an increasing trend toward people taking steps to find greater meaning in their life. Gradually, more and more people are having the courage to do it and not just talk about it. This may involve turning their back on what is a well paid [...]

The Definition of Retirement is Changing

By Hugh Massie ⋅ June 27, 2007 ⋅ One comment

What is your definition of retirement? It might be good to think about that a bit. Do not just listen to the “noise” out there about what it means or what others are doing. Focus on you and who you are. You may just be surprised what retirement really means in the [...]

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