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Cutting the Federal Budget: Can it really be done without everybody's help?
Aubrey Daniels' Blog
Talk of cutting the Federal budget has been going on for months and will no doubt continue for the foreseeable future.  It is interesting to me that the talk has centered, as it usually does, on cutting programs..


An Executive View: Dennis Sadlowski, Former CEO of Siemens Energy & Automation, Discusses Keys to a Sustained, Positive Culture
PM eZine
Dennis Sadlowski, the former president and chief executive officer of Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., began his career with General Electric. At GE he held management positions over a period of ten years before moving to Thomas and Betts,...


The Danger of Over-Valuing Smart, Talented People 

Training Magazine 
Jeffrey Skilling, CEO of Enron, demonstrated that smart people can learn bad behavior quickly. What Enron did, and others still do, was waste a lot of time and money trying to find, hire, and retain smart, talented people.


Thank God It's Monday: Celebrating Work

Performance Management Magazine

People think there are some jobs that can never be made positive.  In fact, a job is just a series of behaviors.  By adding positive reinforcement to these behaviors, you improve performance while making people feel better about their work.


Perfectly Motivated People 

Sales and Service Excellence

Aubrey Daniels discusses how to motivate you workforce so that they do more than what they are paid to do - they do what needs to be done to fulfill the mission...