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After “The Talk” with an Under-Performing Employee

September 17, 2024 Josh Stephens Leave a comment

Welcome back and thank you for taking a few moments to read my final installment of this three-part series on “Dealing with Under-Performing Employees”. If you’re just jumping in, read the first installment, “How to Deal with an Under-Performing Employee” and we’ll get you back here in no time. Following

“The Talk” – Having Tough Conversations with Under-Performing Employees

September 3, 2024 Josh Stephens Leave a comment

At this point (part two of a three-part post) you’ve determined that the problem is not you. You’ve spent some time reflecting on what performance means in your context, so you can objectively conclude that your team member is under-performing and now it’s time for a tough conversation, aka. “The

How to Deal with an Under-Performing Employee

August 16, 2024 Josh Stephens Leave a comment

If you’re here, then you probably have an under-performing employee and need some guidance on what to do. The answer is not easy, and it’s not simple. Ideally, you can move the under-performing employee into a state of average performance or even highly productive performance. Unfortunately, that may not be

Breaking Bread to Build Relationships

August 10, 2022 Josh Stephens

Is building relationships as hard for you as it has been for me? I’ve always thought it was easier to just relax in the corner without having a conversation, than trying to find the courage to talk to someone and then work really hard to carry a conversation. In this

Battle Chaos with Stability

July 11, 2022 Josh Stephens 2 comments

Stability in chaos is difficult. Without it, people ride a rollercoaster of emotions that lead to panic and failure. Learn about the importance of stability in leadership, and how it impacts your teams.

Too busy to hire!

June 22, 2022 Josh Stephens

Leaders who are too busy to hire, aren’t thinking about things the right way. Here’s one of my stories about hiring when I was too busy to hire.

Israeli Study Finds – Natural immunity is longer lasting and stronger against infection than two-dose vaccine-induced immunity

September 1, 2021 Josh Stephens

This review is of a recent study out of Israel comparing natural immunity with vaccinated immunity. The study found that natural immunity is significantly better.