When KPI Really Means “Keep Profits Increasing” (Hint: It Always Does)
How’d you like that headline? Yes, you and I both know KPI is an acronym for Key Performance Indicator but the goal for most organizations is to utilize these valuable metrics to keep profits...
View ArticleThe (Beneficial) Power of Frustration
I have spent the last 25 years of my career either managing implementations or working with customers to ensure a successful implementation. During that time, my most prominent theory for the use of...
View Article7 Ingredients That Make or Break a PeopleSoft Upgrade
It’s a question that will make a room fall silent: what’s the difference between a successful upgrade and one that fails? We have seen two completely opposite ends of the spectrum between effective...
View ArticleYou Can’t Empower People By Decree
Great mini-lesson from Jason Fried over at 37signals, which he gleaned from the book Turn the Ship Around: David Marquet, the author and nuclear sub captain, says you can’t empower people by decree....
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Focus, Passion and Protecting Your Brand
If you know us, or you’ve read this blog before – or, heck, even read our tagline – you know we’re big into three things: Focus Passion Doing what’s right, even when it’s hard We’ve grown MIPRO by...
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What Not Giving Up Really Looks Like
Leadership and business literature is rife with dictums and volumes about not giving up. The sentiment was even on a now-ancient Successories poster that said: Go over, go under, go around, or go...
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How to Manage Impossible Clients
I’ve had this article hanging around my Pinboard (please don’t confuse that with Pinterest, by the way) for a few months now, and it’s time I gave it its due. It’s an excellent piece, as is par for...
View ArticleThe Expert
Can you relate? Related Posts:Casual Friday: Know Your Yelling Goat Meme (and Mashups)‘Misunderstood’Motorcyclist Saves Coffee CupFirst TasteWhy Upgrade to PeopleSoft HCM 9.2?
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The Danger of the Half Step
Earlier this week, I shared a post on our Facebook page about an article called The 30 second habit with a lifelong impact. It’s a great piece, and you should read it. This made me think about some of...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell on Criticism
Here’s author Malcolm Gladwell on the concept of criticism, and how entering a critical dialog with someone doesn’t have to equate to taking a shot at them or their work literally. Good stuff, and...
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