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Evaluating Six Sigma Certified Team Performance

Tony Jacowski asked: A team is successful when it sets a benchmark and exceeds it. The team will perform when proper goals are established and benchmarks set for them to achieve. The record of progress should be maintained to keep the team on track. The Metrics Performance may be measured as productivity, quality levels achieved, […]

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The Importance of Team Building Exercises for Small Business

John Mce asked: Team building comes in many shapes and sizes and sometimes gets dismissed as cliche but the fact remains it delivers real benefits in terms of staff motivation, performance and retention. Big business realised this in the 90’s and we saw an upsurge in businesses adopting this into their HR strategy and similarly […]

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Improve Employee Performance by Emphasizing Performance Benefits for Employees

Barbara Brown, PhD asked: Consider this scenario. You are planning for your next staff meeting, where you intend to discuss performance improvement. You have already identified several things your employees need to do to improve performance. These include: 1. Meet deadlines for delivering products or services 2. Meet deadlines for providing information to others 3. […]

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Sales Force Management & Leadership: Increase Profitability By Understanding your Sales Team

Chuck Mache asked: Have you ever closely examined why some people are wildly successful at selling, meeting and exceeding every goal placed in front of them, while others lack either the self motivation or certain key skill sets to get them to their next level of growth and performance? After all, they all have the […]

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Can IOVC and Office Process Improvement Really Save You Money?

Gregory Burrus asked: Are you just starting out in business? Are you wondering what IOVC and the “O” of IOVC technology means? You heard about office process improvement, business process improvement, business process management, workflow management and you wonder what these IOVC technologies can do for improving your business operation? IOVC technologies can cut your […]

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Routines for Peak Performance

Patrick Cohn asked: Every day of your life, you are either thinking in ways to help you succeed and reach your goals or thinking in ways that limit your success, causing you to move away from goal achievement. I am certain you have a practice routine you do on most days to build competence in […]

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Sports Psychology and Performing Under Pressure

Patrick Cohn asked: Do you ever get “butterflies” in your stomach (pregame jitters) before you compete? Do you get really nervous before the start of a big match or game and can’t relax after the game starts? Most athletes have felt the negative effects of pressure during their athletic careers. Even the best athletes feel […]

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Tips for Developing Great Teams in an Organization

William King asked: The people working in every office often talk about developing a team, team work, their team, etc. but very few people actually understand just how to build an efficient team or work as a team effectively. Being part of a team is essentially feeling like you belong to something which is bigger […]

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Sucessful Team Building Techniques

John Morris asked: In business, it does not matter whether you work in a typical office a shop or a factory. You are built up of a group individuals with specific goals towards producing the goods that the company sells. This is what defines a team. From the most mundane task like answering a phone […]

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Common Errors When Attempting to Develop Maximum Speed in Team Sports

Dick Moss asked: Although speed is a major determinant of success in team sports, there are a number of errors that team sport coaches make when attempting to develop maximum speed in their athletes. These errors include performing the sprints at the end of practice, sprint distances that are longer than that performed in games, […]