The Operating Insights
From Business Operating System insights to practical tips on productivity, leadership, and culture, every post is designed to help you work smarter and lead with clarity.
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The Friday Meeting
I started at a new company several months ago and near the end of my first week I receive a meeting invite: Invitees: All Company… interesting, but okay.When: Friday Afternoon… wait, is this a joke?Frequency: Every. Single. Week…NO F’ING WAY!!! You have got to be kidding me, what did I get myself into?!I was not […]
READ MORELacking Leadership
I was not even a month in at a new role / organization and I could already tell the executive team’s connection to the frontline worker was not very strong. Just prior to me starting they had agreed to participate in a research study on improving employee engagement. They were to conduct an employee survey […]
READ MOREEmployee Appreciation
I have worked for a medium-sized family owned manufacturing company for several years now. Every Fall the family hosts an employee appreciation day. We work a half-day, paid for the full-day, where they provide lunch, we play games, and raffle off prizes ranging from 65″ flatscreen tv’s to PS-5’s to Yeti coolers. They truly go […]
READ MOREThe Compassionate Termination
I once worked for a guy that really showed compassion for his employees, even the ones that didn’t work out. If an employee was not performing to expectations and the decision was made that they needed to leave the company, he would give the employee several months of notice, give them time off to go […]
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