Why Even Top Performers Stop Short of Doing Their Best Work
"I need my people to be honest with me ─ tell me what I need to hear ─ and push themselves to get the results without me having to push them." ─ a frustrated CEO and client The Problem: Sometimes, even the intelligent and talented fall short of stellar performance. Are they just afraid to push it when their results suffer? The Real-Life Situation: The VP of Supply Chain and a client was a very successful executive with a strong pedigree -- top of his class at West Point, MBA from a top school, and previously a strategy consultant. He [...]