Tag: management

• Give it Away!

  One of the principles that I have learned as I have gained experience and wisdom is that the answer is often hidden or the opposite of logic. This realization has led me to second guess my observations and solutions and this has been very enlightening as I examine the issue from several angles and often…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  October 22, 2017

  Excellence, Focus, Strategy, Vision

  Blogging, chain of command, Coaching, give, Leadership development, leadingbyserving, logic, management, micromanagement, organization, power, powerful, weakened

• Lowest Common Denominator

  Manage for your winners- don’t resort to designing your management systems for your bottom tier! If you were awake in sixth grade math you probably remember the concept of the lowest common denominator in order to work with fractions. The concept was to evaluate and manipulate the numbers to obtain the lowest common number in…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  September 13, 2017

  Excellence, Initiative, Strategy

  Blogging, compliance, employees, engagement, feedback, leadership, lowest common denominator, management, Problem solving, rules, theory, violators

• Don’t Be A Pac-Man!

  Are you getting swallowed up? Do you remember the game Pac-Man? This is going back a bunch of years, but it was one of the first video/arcade games where the Pac-Man travelled the course swallowing up all the cookies as he goes along. Never stopping. Devouring the cookies.  The cookies just go away. I used…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  November 16, 2016

  Excellence, Focus, Strategy

  careers, effort, employees, excellence, expected, focus, Games, Leadership development, management, Skill, waste

• The Office Whisperer

  We’ve seen the horse whisperer and the pet whisperer. What about the office whisperer? The horse whisperer has a way to talk to a horse and connect with them. Reassure them. Calm them down. The pet whisperer has the skills to find out how a pet is stressed. Find out the things that are causing…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  October 5, 2016

  Excellence, Initiative, Relationships

  closed door meetings, Gossip, Leadership development, management, posturing, power, whispering

• I No Like

  I have a friend who says this. He doesn’t have have the greatest command of our language but I completely get what he is trying to say. I no like. The saying goes surround yourself with the best and the brightest. There is a reason for this. If you want to have a great organization,…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  September 26, 2016

  Change, Excellence, Vision

  best, brightest, change, difference, diversity, feel, leadership, Leadership development, management, power, you

• 3 Life Lessons I Learned Coaching Youth Basketball

  I coached youth basketball when my kids were young. I loved the game and I love kids so it was a great match for me. Basketball is a perfect mix of skill and strategy. This was also evident in the kids. Some where great athletes and some made it through being smart and working hard.…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  April 27, 2016

  Excellence, Focus, Strategy

  basketball, blind, Blogging, cloud, Coaching, concentrating, emotional intelligence, Leadership development, lessons, management, mentoring, Problem solving, talents, truth, valuable

• Trust is the Glue

  The power base of any cohesive and unified team is trust.  If you believe in your people and you have confidence in their abilities and decision making, it has a way of multiplying the impact of the team.  You are, in effect, advancing your leadership to all of your team members. Leaders often have a…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  March 4, 2016

  Excellence, Strategy, Uncategorized, Vision

  advice, Blogging, leadingbyserving, management, power, trust

• Angry, Cool, Weird and Stupid

  Ah, here we go again- another election cycle!  I used to really enjoy politics.  Political science was a favorite of mine in school.  I love the unique characteristics of politics and the history that goes along with it.  But I can tell you politics is not something I care for anymore.  I really dislike the…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  February 5, 2016

  Attitude, Change, Vision

  angry, arrogance, Blogging, close minded, cool, intolerance, leadership, leadingbyserving, management, politics, problems, self-centered, stupid, weird

• Twenty Questions

  One of the most common management practices is to enter the office of your report and after a few little icebreakers, begin to fire off the questions: Is the project on schedule? Have you handled the budget overrun? Were you able to engage a vendor yet? Did you fix the issue with the client? And…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  January 15, 2016

  Initiative, Strategy, Vision

  advice, Blogging, careers, excellence, leadership, management, relationships, twenty questions

• Are Your Best Employees About To Leave?

  I don’t typically post articles but here is a great article from Inc. Magazine.  I could relate to most of these at one time or another in my career.  This may be a great time for you to examine the conditions in your company and reflect on the value of your key employees!  Most companies…

  Joe Passkiewicz

  November 4, 2015

  Attitude, Initiative, Vision

  careers, compensation, employees, frustrated, hr, management, overworked, promotions, rewards