by Mike Duke | Jun 12, 2018 | High Performance, Leadership, Mike Duke
Prior to getting into the Search industry I was the Director of Recruiting for a large sales organization. When I joined they had a lot of “People Problems.” Turnover was over 50% and new first year people were failing at an alarming rate. I was tasked with closing...
by Mike Duke | May 22, 2018 | Leadership, Mike Duke
You can’t control people. You can’t manage them either. You can manage a process or a system that people are involved in but you can’t manage the people. The fact is you can only lead people. The definition of leadership is, “The ability to get a predetermined...
by Mike Duke | Apr 24, 2018 | Mike Duke, Success, Successful People, Your Career
Way back in the 1920’s Andrew Carnegie was one of the most famous millionaires in America. He owned the Bethlehem Steel Company which produced rails for the American railroads. Carnegie employed as his chief executive a man named William Schwab, whose ability in...
by Mike Duke | Mar 13, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Leadership, Mike Duke
Before I get into how to evaluate poor performers, let me start with how to avoid having a poor performer situation. Start by hiring the right people. Did you know that if you hire the wrong people nothing works. None of your people strategies will work. Training...
by Mike Duke | Aug 21, 2017 | Career Development Partners, Job Success, Mike Duke, Success, Successful People, Your Career
I bet you spend more time planning your vacation than you do planning your life. A few years ago my wife and I planned a two week vacation. I think a good vacation is to get in the car and drive in any direction and stop and see whatever comes up…hoping that it will...
