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Aligning Help with Needs
Posted on Nov 28, 2009 by Paul Schempp |
Rick Barry is one of the best golf instructors in the business. His instructional home is the famed Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, and his success with students has earned him a place on GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Golf Instructors in America. Rick is also a close friend and over the years ...
Tagged: performance appraisal, leadership development expertise, knowledge, management, management training, instruction, leadership skills, process improvement, performance management, leadership development
Gaining the Experience Advantage
Posted on Nov 10, 2009 by Paul Schempp |
Experience alone does not a top performer make. To wring the greatest benefits from experience, you must learn to use it to your advantage. One way to do that is to gain as many different experiences as possible. But be smart. Seek only those experiences outside your normal course of responsi...
Tagged: expert, experience, knowledge, management, management training, sales training, leadership skills, knowitall, process improvement, performance management, leadership development
The Importance of Feeling Responsible
Posted on Oct 22, 2009 by Paul Schempp |
When things go wrong, who steps forward to claim responsibility? In many cases, nobody. When in the rare cases, someone does voluntarily step forward, pay attention, for you are in the presence of a peak performer. They may not be a top performer today, but they will be in the near future. Her...
Tagged: responsibility, success, expertise, leadership development, management skills, improvement, learning, training, process improvement, management skills, leadership, personal development, business training, sales training
Accelerating and Braking: Adapting Skills for a Changing World
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 by Paul Schempp |
On Monday I spent the morning with Red Horse Racing, a Toyota sponsored NASCAR race team. The owner, Tom DeLoach, is an affable, intelligent and experienced man. As we watched the testing taking place out on the track, Tom and I discussed the skills needed by today’s race car drivers. Tom comme...
Tagged: training, management training, skills, performance, expert, expertise, racing, management skills, productivity
Navigating the Professional Improvement Path
Posted on Sep 29, 2009 by Paul Schempp |
It is a dearly held myth that if we do something long enough, we’ll get good at it. Despite the many years I’ve been driving a car, mowing the lawn, and singing Happy Birthday, I’m not any better at those things now then I was 10 years ago, and perhaps even worse. While a certain level of exper...
Tagged: expertise, expert development, practice, deliberate practice, performance improvement, management skills