The Brazen Leader

Musings on Leadership, Business, and Things that Make You Go Hmmmm

Incentive Compensation Tidbits and Thinking

January 6, 2011 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

For incentive compensation geeks (of which “I are one”), to quote Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”Not only has emphasis been placed on compensation strategies that link pay to performance recently, but I predict … [Read more...]

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Can I Motivate Without a Budget?

August 3, 2010 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

But I don't have any money... How can I possibly motivate my staff?Can we motivate without money? Never mind that money, for most of us, isn't much of a real motivator anyway... can we?Sure, it's simple -- use your leadership skills and lead. Some … [Read more...]

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Are We Working Smarter or Harder? Tomato – Tomahto…

May 6, 2010 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

The Wall Street Journal posted an article asking "Are we working smarter, or just harder?" I say, "What's the difference??" Now before some productivity, process, or efficiency yahoo jumps all over that and rails against me for advocating "harder" as … [Read more...]

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Meetings, Cell Phones, and Managers

January 26, 2010 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Meetings, Cell Phones and Managers...They go together like bacon and eggs... Laurel and Hardy... Smith & Wesson... Dumb and Dumber...It's true. As we live and breathe, managers go to meetings. Some incessantly; so often that meeting attendance begins … [Read more...]

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Loyalty in Employment — Where the hell did it go??

July 29, 2009 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

I frequently hear a discussion around this topic. Most wail and moan about employers today, about how "they" show no loyalty, about how "they" will lay anyone off at any time...Personally, I believe too many answer this one-sidedly. It's not just … [Read more...]

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