The Brazen Leader

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

Coaching Slugs… What if they just don’t get it??

February 25, 2021 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

» Light's on, nobody's home. » She just doesn't get it. » How'd he slip through HR? » The 80/20 rule... Or, my personal favorite... » A waste of time. As egalitarian and "fair" as we sometimes hope to be, there's no getting around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Coaching, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance Tagged With: coaching, empowerment, executive coach, executive coaching, leadership, leadership development, management, performance management, training

Performance Appraisals: Pain in the ass, or panacea??

June 25, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Oh, crap! Another performance review… How many times have we heard--or uttered ourselves--this common lament? I’m guessing “lots” is a fairly accurate response. The better answer, however, is “way too often.” The performance management process … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Misc Business Topics Tagged With: coaching, conflict, development, employee retention, engagement, executive coaching, high performer, leader development, leadership, management, performance appraisal, performance management, performance review

Needing Leaders… The “make” or “buy” decision…

May 29, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

So, do you grow your own leaders from within, or hire someone new with – presumably – the leadership skills you need are unable to find inside your organization?  What do you tell yourself to justify not developing those skills from within your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance Tagged With: change leadership, change management, coach, coaching, development, executive coaching, leadership, leadership training, performance management, promotion, succession

Leading: Changing behavior or winning?

March 5, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Do you want to win, or to change behavior? This is a question I frequently ask clients when discussing how best to approach someone in a (usually) tough conversation or conflict. As leaders, if we want to "win" the discussion, we simply flash our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Misc Business Topics Tagged With: change, change leadership, change management, coaching, conflict, empowerment, engagement, executive coach, executive coaching, feedback, management, performance management, relationships

Performance Management Simplified

July 20, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

It's not about the paper... Someone recently asked me why the Performance Management process seems so painful in many organizations. They further questioned how lower-level managers could possibly implement effective performance management if the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Misc Business Topics, Performance Tagged With: performance appraisal, performance management, performance review

Success According to Karl

July 17, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

The broader impact of performance management... The ability to make good decisions regarding people represents one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage, since very few organizations are any good at it." -- Peter Drucker Two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Performance Tagged With: performance management

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