Are you Observationally Lazy?

It’s easy to find advice and tips on how to give feedback, but much more difficult on how to collect feedback observations. What should you observe, what do you look for, and what benchmarks should you use? Join Todd Averett and I as they wrestle with these questions.

Resource articles:

• How to Observe Employee Performance by Tom Ryan
• Observation - A Critical Leadership Skill by Andrew Cox
• Becoming a Great Observer by Joe Navarro

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Athens Big Fork Marathon 2017

Unfortunately, the first race on my 2017 schedule got cancelled due to the weather.

But thankfully, we were able to run the course anyway, and have a great weekend.

PIGEONHOLES and LABELS | the dangers of over-generalizing

When we label groups with broad generalizations, we engage in stereotyping and risk missing key individual needs and differences. Todd Averett and I explore examples of less helpful brackets and discuss more effective ways to address groups of people.

Reference articles:

• Why Using Generational Labels Doesn’t Serve HR by Kathryn Mitchell
• Against Generations by Rebecca Onion
• Ditch the Generational Labels! by Nicole Wininger

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