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Learning to be a Predictable Success® Manager means adding tools that make your life easier, while increasing productivity, morale and retention.

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A CEO's Letter to a New Executive Team Member
A CEO's Letter to a New Executive Team Member This morning, Jean was asked to join the Executive Team. Which sounded great until she got back from lunch and found a letter from the CEO waiting on her desk . . . Read more
6 Books to Help Understand the Economic 'Reset'
6 Books to Help Understand the Economic 'Reset' A definitive analysis of this current economic 'reset' is unlikely to appear for some time yet, but in the meantime there are a number of books that provide useful insight into what is going on, and what might happen next . . . Read more
Find Your Blind Spots, Make It to September
Find Your Blind Spots, Make It to September My instincts tell me that if your business (or your division, department, project, team or group) makes it through the end of September, you'll make it through this downturn . . . Read more
Are Your Meetings A Waste of Time?
Julie is an Organizational Development consultant at Harvard's Center for Workplace Development as well as an external consultant and facilitator. She is on a mission to dramatically improve the caliber of business meetings and to help us all get some real work done... . . . Read more
Why Good Employees Derail
Why Good Employees Derail Here are the top five reasons good employees 'go south', how to spot them, and what to do about it. Note that all of these boil down to poor manager-employee relationships, as the line manager is the person ultimately responsible for managing top employees . . . Read more
How to Retain Top Performers and High-Potentials During a Downturn - Without Alienating Your Other Employees
How to Retain Top Performers and High-Potentials During a Downturn - Without Alienating Your Other Employees Here are the top five ways you can retain top performers (and your up-and-coming 'high-potentials') during a downturn - without alienating your other employees: . . . Read more
ForConstructionPros.Com Article: Time Management Techniques
ForConstructionPros.Com Article: Time Management Techniques Enhanced personal effectiveness is the bedrock of any good manager. Mastering the art of time management is one of the cornerstones of personal effectiveness. This article discusses 4 time management activities you can implement immediately that will greatly improve your personal effectiveness. . . . Read more
GlobeandMail.Com Article: A Question often ignored: Why do you stay here?
GlobeandMail.Com Article: A Question often ignored: Why do you stay here? Les recently contributed to an article for GlobeandDaily.Com on the importance and usefulness of conducting Stay Interviews. . . . Read more
ForConstructionPros.Com Article: When is your next key employee going to leave?
ForConstructionPros.Com Article: When is your next key employee going to leave? Use this simple Employee Retention Risk Analysis ("ERRA") process to help prompt your managers to regularly assess the "retention risk" of key performers, and report back to you regularly. . . . Read more
ForConstructionPros.Com Article: Performance Assessments for Predictable Success®
ForConstructionPros.Com Article: Performance Assessments for Predictable Success® Why doesn't every organization attain Predictable Success®? In my thirty years experience coaching business leaders, I've concluded that in most cases, it's simply because they fail to use the simple tools necessary to achieve it. And the very foundation stone of Predictable Success® is that most basic of business tools - the dreaded performance assessment. . . . Read more
Setting Attainable Goals in a 'Down' Economy
Les McKeown
Setting Attainable Goals in a 'Down' Economy We all know that the economy is currently in a bad way. How, as a business leaders or manager, can you set attainable, realistic goals in a down market - without demoralizing your team? . . . Read more
Interview with ForConstructionPros.com - Conducting Effective One-to-Ones
Interview with ForConstructionPros.com - Conducting Effective One-to-Ones Les was interviewed recently by Sam Simon of ForConstructionPros.com In this short interview, Les talks about how to conduct an effective one-to-one meeting. . . . Read more
Interview with ForConstructionPros.com
Interview with ForConstructionPros.com Les was interviewed recently by Sam Simon of ForConstructionPros.com In this short interview, Les talks about 3 of the Biggest Mistakes Managers make. . . . Read more
The Complete Manager 9 of 14: Hiring
The Complete Manager 9 of 14: Hiring The Complete Manager 9 of 14: Hiring We conclude the section on Developing Others by looking at the area of Hiring - an area many managers overlook as a key responsibility. . . . Read more
The Complete Manager 14 of 14: Accountability
The Complete Manager 14 of 14: Accountability The Complete Manager 14 of 14: Accountability |We conclude our series looking at the 'Complete Manager' by by discussing the linchpin that holds it all together; Accountability . . . Read more
The Complete Manager 13 of 14: Working Cross-Functionally
The Complete Manager 13 of 14: Working Cross-Functionally The Complete Manager 13 of 14: Working Cross-Functionally Continuing our detailed examinations of the competencies of a 'Complete Manager', we continue with our 13th core competency; Working Cross-Functionally . . . Read more
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