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  As a leader, one of your main responsibilities is to build a solid team. This means choosing “A” players – doing your due diligence to find the best players possible. But there is a second responsibility that is often overlooked, or at least downplayed in its importance. That responsibility is the correct placement of […]

Smart Hiring Means Less Firing

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In a well-balanced workplace, there is diversity of strengths. There are D-wired individuals who are drivers. They move swiftly, speak directly and in short sentences, and often use action words. Their focus is on results. There are I-wired individuals who also move fast, but different from their D-wired counterparts, their focus is usually on fun, […]

Three Ways to Create a Team that Plays Well

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In our work with large organizations focused on building strong teams, we have noticed one key fundamental that is being missed by many organizations. That is the value of strengths-based placement. How is this evidenced? It can be summed up in one word: underperformance. My colleague, Mike Harbour, relates the story of an employee who […]

How to Deal with Chronic Underperformers

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Back in 1964, Paramount Pictures released a movie called The Disorderly Orderly, starring Jerry Lewis. Many of you will remember him well in that role. A few years before, that, The Disorganized Organizer was released into the world. Her name was Deb Ingino. Yes…me. I was born D- and I-wired. From as far back as […]

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