Expertise / Business Management
Every page in the people section of my business management knowledge base.
Firing is the hardest skill in management. Avoiding it costs more than doing it. Here's how to do it with integrity, for the person, the team, and the company.
Most hiring processes measure the wrong things. Here's the honest breakdown of what actually predicts performance and what doesn't.
First 30/60/90 days determine whether a hire becomes an A-player or limps toward mediocrity. Most onboardings are vibes. Here's what works.
The most important manager meeting, and the one most managers run worst. What 1:1s are for, what they're not, and how to run one that changes the relationship.
Most performance reviews are surprise-filled, documentation-theater, and leave both parties worse off. Here's a system that doesn't.
Before you post a job, write a scorecard. It's the highest-ROI document in hiring, and the cheapest to skip.