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1. How To Make Your End-of-Year Planning Truly Valuable
   Let's face it, most end-of-year planning isn't very good. The process is clunky, avoided or postponed until the last moment, dreaded by those who have to dredge up the figures, and worst of all, rarely bears any relationship to the real issues faced by the organization. Here's how to make it sing . . . Read more
   
   
2. Draining The Swamp
   A prerequisite of Predictable Success(tm) is to be clearly focused on what gets done, by whom, and when. Yet most of us are quite the opposite - drowning in a sea of commitments, to-do lists, black holes and open loops. Here's how to fix that . . . Read more
   
   
3. The Eight Most Common Mistakes Managers Make: 1 No Dependable 'Machine for Decision-Making'
   Are you (or any of the managers who report to you) making any of the eight mistakes which most frequently and consistently impair the development of managers? . . . Read more
   
   
4. 3 Letters That Will Boost Your Email Productivity 10-20%
   Like to improve your own (or your team's) email productivity by 10%-20%, just by using 3 simple letters? Here's how... . . . Read more
   
   
5. The Eight Most Common Mistakes Managers Make: 2 Lack of Alignment
   The second in our series examining the eight most common mistakes managers make looks at mistake #2: Failing to achieve alignment with their team and the overall organizational goals . . . Read more
   
   
6. How To Find and Keep Top Performers
   Finding and keeping good people is an absolute cornerstone of achieving Predictable Success(tm). So why is it so hard to do successfully? There are 10 specific steps to Predictable Success(tm) in 'talent acquisition' and retention, and they're not what you think . . . Read more
   
   
7. The Eight Most Common Mistakes Managers Make: 5 Building a Dependency Culture
   The fifth in our series examining the eight most common mistakes managers make looks at mistake #5: Building a dependency culture . . . Read more
   
   
8. The Eight Most Common Mistakes Managers Make: 4 Not Working Cross-Functionally
   The fourth in our series examining the eight most common mistakes managers make looks at mistake #4: Not Working Cross-Functionally . . . Read more
   
   
9. The Eight Most Common Mistakes Managers Make: 3 Not Working Laterally As Well As Vertically
   The third in our series examining the eight most common mistakes managers make looks at mistake #3: Not Working Laterally As Well As Vertically . . . Read more
   
   
10. When Is Your Next Key Employee Going To Leave?
    When a key performer decides to leave, it shouldn't be a surprise to you. Here's How To Stop The Surprises: Use this simple Employee Retention Risk Analysis process to prompt your managers to regularly assess the 'retention risk' of key performers, and report back to you regularly . . . Read more
    
    
11. The 3-Word Sentence That Gets Stuff Done
    Does your project list look like an airline departure board during a snowstorm...'Delayed', 'Delayed', Delayed..'? Are your managers constantly committing to stuff that just doesn't get finished? Here's the single sentence - with just three words - that will clear that departure board and Get Stuff Done. Learn it. Use it. Accelerate your Predictable Success(tm) . . . Read more
    
    
12. Why March is the Most Dangerous Month
    March is the most dangerous month for most organizations, divisions, departments and teams: What you do in the next 30 days will most likely determine your success for all of 2007. Look at this chart to see why: . . . Read more
    
    
13. The Complete Manager 2 of 14: Priority Management
    In the second of our detailed examinations of the competencies of a 'Complete Manager', we continue with the 'Productivity' category, looking at the second fundamental building block of Predictable Success(r)for any manager - managing priorities successfully . . . Read more
    
    
14. The Complete Manager 1 of 14: Time Management
    In the first of our detailed examinations of the competencies of a 'Complete Manager', we start in the 'Productivity' category, beginning with the most fundamental building block of Predictable Success(r)for any manager - personal time management skills . . . Read more
    
    
15. The Eight Most Common Mistakes Managers Make: 6 Not Developing Others
    The sixth in our series examining the eight most common mistakes managers make looks at mistake #6: Not Developing People . . . Read more
    
    
16. The [E]ntrepreneur
    Let's start by looking at the main management style required for the phase called Early Struggle: the birth and very early infancy of the organization . . . Read more
    
    
17. Why 360's are Vital in Achieving Predictable Success®
    In over 20 years of coaching owners, founders, CEO's and managers into Predictable Success®, I've come to believe that a 360 leadership skills assessment - when effectively used - is a vital step to on the path Predictable Success®. Here's why... . . . Read more
    
    
18. Free TeleClass - Predictable Success(tm) 101
    On the last Friday of each month, (12 Noon EST | 11AM CST | 9AM PST) we hold a free 55-minute TeleClass on the basics of Predictable Success(tm). This is a great free resource for your team. . . . Read more
    
    
19. Predictable Success®
    If the Whitewater stage is managed correctly, the organization can break through the Whitewater to reach the haven we described earlier: Predictable S . . . Read more
    
    
20. The Eight Most Common Mistakes Managers Make: 7 Not embracing hiring as part of the job
    The seventh in our series examining the eight most common mistakes managers make looks at mistake #7: Not Embracing Hiring as Part of The Job . . . Read more
    
    

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