Timing is everything There’s a reason for the popular phrase, Timing is everything. Saying happy birthday or anniversary, means so much more on the actual day. Paying bills on time certainly matters. When it comes to managing, timing can be
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You can’t see the forest for the trees We often hear this old saying when being reminded to step back and look beyond the trees for a real perspective on a problem or situation. But there’s another way to look
Read more →Thought for the day… You’re either taking selfies or making yourself. It seems as though social media and mobile devices are flooded with the selfie. There’s even a new TV show coming out that is called Selfie. Don’t know what a
Read more →My partner, Nolan Knight, often tells the story of his daughters spending hours building a playhouse out of gym mats and how his 3-year old son can tear down their work within seconds. The moral of the story is that
Read more →A primary principle of managing and coaching is believing in your people. If you can’t or don’t believe an employee can succeed then don’t coach him and quit trying to fix him. Managing is about turning talents into performance and
Read more →Have you peaked? Hopefully your peak wasn’t winning the spelling bee in 3rd grade or throwing the touchdown pass in the big high school game 20 years ago. If your goal is to get a little better each day then
Read more →We came across this quote the other day by former Alabama coach, Paul “Bear” Bryant… “It’s not the will to win that matters – everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” While we’re not the
Read more →As a manager and a coach, these are words to live by… Read it, Understand it, Do it. As an employee you should take these words to heart and live by them if you want a rewarding career. Over the
Read more →We’ve just finished scoring phone shops for several banks. It’s always interesting to see the competitor shops and how poorly they do. It’s also interesting to see how some of the branches we work with consistently score above the expected
Read more →Take a couple of minutes to listen as Nolan Knight explains a key component of coaching…. belief in your direct reports. This is a clip from a recent session on Coaching. http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtpOjEyODg2MjIzO3M6NDoiY29kZSI7czoxMjoiMTI4ODYyMjMtN2M0IjtzOjY6InVzZXJJZCI7aToxNzY5MjM0O3M6MTI6ImV4dGVybmFsQ2FsbCI7aToxO3M6NDoidGltZSI7aToxMjg3NDQ5Nzk1O30=&autoplay=defaultCoaching – Belief
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