Most managers want to encourage productivity in staff, but what are they doing about it? First, do you know what the means—do you have productivity measures or is it just a gut feel?  If you do have measures, do the staff know what they are and are you reinforcing them? Are they tied to performance reviews and/or compensation? We all want to be productive and have productive staff, but sometimes the effort to get there feels overwhelming.  If we don’t really comprehend what p

Here’s some creative thinking—why don’t we make meetings productive?  How many times have you had that thought as you sat through a meeting, reflecting on how you could be better using your time? But what have you done about it?  Have you taken any action to make meetings more productive or taught your staff how to make them count? If you already come to every meeting with an agenda, a clear purpose, a current and future action plan that ends with a list of specific accountab