In business today….and in the past, people are the problem. They're always the problem and always seem to be the problem.
If a business person goes home frustrated, if they talk with their significant other about it, if they lay awake at night stewing about it, inevitably the problem is some person at work - a colleague, subordinate, or the boss.
Handling people issues is every leader's major headache. It's what takes up the majority of their time and - more important - the bulk of their head space. Every leader, no matter the size of the business, can and must develop this most important of all management skills.
As a business and executive coach, most of the coaching meetings with my clients are spent discussing and exploring how to get the best out of the people we work with, and solve the people problems! And each and every leader have their own unique circumstances to deal with on an on-going and regular basis.
"The Power of People Skills", by Thomas Throness, may be the permanent solution to your chronic people problems. This book will teach you that there's one primary difference between a great culture and a poor one: a great culture insists on having star players in every key seat, and a poor culture tolerates under performers.
Getting the right people in the key seats is your most important job as a leader. If you're not sure that a person is right, you need to pass.
In this powerful book, you will learn how to:
• Make the people decisions that can double your results, relieve your stress, and cause team morale to soar.
• Attract and retain the very best talent.
• Deal with difficult people problems in an objective and kind way.
• Overcome the reluctance we all share to confront under performers.
• Permanently solve the problems causing most of your stress.
You need to know one thing up-front.
Someone right now is sitting in a boardroom, office or even a café, somewhere trying to devise a plan to poach stars from you. That's typically how stars end up leaving.
There's danger everywhere! I can't count the number of people who have been recruited by a savvy entrepreneur, business owner or CEO, while having a casual conversation at some social event or work-related function.
Finally, consider this….here is the top three issues that cause a ‘star’ to leave your business:
1. Being forced to work with non-stars,
2. Being forced to report to a non-star, and
3. Feeling bored and under-challenged.
Reference: Trevor Throness: The Power of People Skills: How to Eliminate 90% of Your HR Problems and Dramatically Increase Team and Company Morale and Performance
