Your top performers can go far — if you manage them carefully. Here’s how you can help those “special” employees shine.You know the type: the account exec who stays until midnight to finish next month’s sales presentation; the product manager who gets as much done in five hours as others...
Having an overachiever on your team may feel like a blessing – they work twice as hard as others, are very goal oriented, and highly organized. But overachievers can often be near impossible to manage - ultimately eroding organizational performance and undermining team morale. Executive Coach and Consultant,...
Overachievers are not like other employees. You need to lead them differently if you want to take advantage of all they have to offer. Here’s how to keep them happy and productive. Identify the Overachiever ...
How to Manage OverachieversDealing with "heroes"...has never been easy. Read old Homer's Illiad, in which a project - the Trojan war - got delayed by years, because the project manager Agememnon could not get along with the overachieving Achill.You may be aware of CMMI, the Capability Maturity Model Integrated. I...
Five Warning Signs of a Problem OverachieverFive Warning Signs of a Problem OverachieverOverachievers are often times obsessed with their OWN PERSONAL achievements and brag about it even if subtilyforgetting that no one actually succeeds without the input of colleagues. They crave attention and pampering because of "their achievements". ...
The Idea in Brief A leader's hunger to achieve--to continually be the best--is a major source of strength for any organization. It fuels innovation, productivity, and growth: companies would be lost without it. But taken to...
Baby Boomers Start a Second Life NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As more than 76 million baby boomers, that's more than one-quarter of the US population, enter their 50's and 60's they are confronting the "r" word ... retirement. But theirs is a generation...
IT HAS been a long week since the Final of Euro 2008 which ended a wonderful and entertaining feast of football in Austria and Switzerland. Perhaps the absence of the home countries allowed us all to watch the drama unfold without feeling any of the stress...
OMAHA, Neb. -- Brandon Burke knew exactly how to describe Fresno State's surprising run to its first national championship in baseball. While others debated whether the Bulldogs overachieved in the NCAA tournament or underachieved in the regular season, the Fresno State closer paraphrased Harry Truman. ...
SINGER ALANIS MORISSETTE has never been one to hide her feelings, and she’s got a whole new album full of them on her latest CD, “Flavors of Entanglement.” She spoke to Jac Chebatoris. A lot has changed in the 13 years since “Jagged Little Pill” came out. It...
Trying to keep Johnny from trading his apple for a bag of chips? A small subset of overachieving American parents have started sending their kids to school with bento boxes, packed meals that emphasize portion control and nutritional balance. The boxes meet guidelines set by Japan’s food pyramid: three parts...
Celtic's Gordon Strachan stands on the brink of history, one good win away from becoming the first manager since Jock Stein to lead Celtic to three successive Scottish titles. Strachan's counterpart at Rangers, Walter Smith, has already been voted Manager of the Season, and that is fitting...
ATLANTA -- Considering the talent they traded away over the winter, much praise has been heaped on the A's early in 2008 as an overachieving team succeeding despite the odds. After Sunday's 5-2 defeat to the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field, there were no slaps on...
PITTSBURGH - The Flyers' magical tour of springtime hockey ended yesterday at Mellon Arena as the Penguins eliminated them from the Eastern Conference finals in five games. It's best to forget how ugly the 6-0 trouncing was. Instead, the Flyers can look forward to what likely will be an...
When pop singer Bettina sings for cadets, opening for the rock band Smash Mouth at the Air Force Academy on Wednesday, it'll be more than just another gig. It will have special meaning because her father, Charles Bush, was among the first black cadets to attend...
RON WILSON'S inability to get his teams out of the second round of any playoff series speaks volumes in itself. The Sharks have been inconsistent in both the regular season and postseason for the past three years, and it is because of Wilson. His mind-numbing switching of lines. His passive...
Encore Presentation Airs Tuesday, July 1 At 10:00 P.M. NEW YORK, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The hilarious Gerry Dee rocks the mic when his all-new stand-up special, "Gerry Dee: No Reading Ahead," premieres Saturday, June 7 at 11:00 p.m. The encore presentation of "Gerry Dee:...
RANGERS 3 DUNDEE UNITED 1 From Pygmalion to Educating Rita, great metamorphosis dramas all contain a "reveal" scene where the swan emerges. But given that this SPL season has had such a varied blend of tragic, comic, tacky, farcical and epic moments, for comparisons with Rangers it...
