On the whole it was a disarming, intelligent and politically effective performance: one expects no less.
Our own leadership and coaching work with chief executives and boards worldwide also demonstrates the importance of empathy and emotional self-management as prerequisites for effective performance.
Paul Falcone, a human resources executive in Los Angeles and author of 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews and The Performance Appraisal Tool Kit, has more concrete advice to offer.
Firstly, leaders who are actors are able to connect fully with all manner of different "audiences, " guiding them through sometimes complex concepts, and delivering an effective performance again and again.
Firing policies he finds to be more effective than performance pay.
Advances in TV advertising technology now allow for much more cost effective advertising investments and performance models.
Such things can be immensely effective in rewarding good performance, and generally cost a lot less than a pay rise.
GammaTech Computer Corporation is a leader in the design, manufacture and sales of cost-effective, high-performance mobile computing solutions throughout North America.
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In the past three years, more than 25 states have passed laws to link scores to teacher evaluations, because officials think it is a more effective way to gauge performance than traditional reliance on observations by school principals.
This powerful, energetic connection drives us to higher performance and more effective, enlightened leadership.
Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.
Minimizing fees is a highly effective strategy for better investment performance.
Thus, it is not surprising that performance advertisements are effective.
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The more executives I interviewed and wrote about, the more I realized that the most effective ones review their own performance at least as frequently and as thoroughly as they review the work of their employees.
The company's product line features a range of high-performance, cost-effective, and reliable desktop and rackmount RAID storage solutions ranging from two- and four-drive and SSD RAID units, to 8- and 16-drive solutions with advanced RAID controllers, to 16-drive, 16-port, 8Gb Fibre Channel shared storage systems that are expandable to 384 TB.
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Such a plan also gives parents an unobtrusive way to check on their student's academic progress throughout the year--and a carrot is more effective than a stick when urging better performance.
It is committed to providing high-performance, scalable and cost-effective solutions to a variety of business models through its state-of-the-art streaming technology.
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In it CHROs say that they are relatively effective in managing labor costs, evaluating workforce performance, enhancing workforce productivity, sourcing and recruiting, and retaining talent.
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The truth is that strong performance is only one pillar of an effective marketing strategy.
But setting a low base salary and paying a larger part of compensation in performance-related bonuses might not be effective either.
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However, those who study the development of high performance have demonstrated repeatedly that practice and executing effective effort play a huge role in the skills we develop.
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Importantly though, even after taking into account the higher required compensation, he argues that performance based firing policies would be more cost effective than than reducing class sizes.
Storage device companies such as Seagate can provide cost effective storage solutions that could have special power saving or performance features that would be attractive to open storage system designers.
Interfering with these elements does profound damage, so reducing interference to faith, fire and focus is probably the most effective, though least recognized, way you can improve performance in your business or personal life.
While leveraged volatility ETNs do come closer to replicating the actual performance of VIX, these instruments are really only effective when held for short periods of time (as volatility lag eats away at the returns over time).
"I fundamentally believe that our military is more effective when success is based solely on ability and qualifications and on performance, " said Mr Panetta.
However, I have found that combining this scan with the monthly analysis of the chart, relative performance, and on-balance volume can be quite effective in identifying good buying opportunities.
Unfortunately, recent surveys which have been done as part of our research programs at the Center for Effective Organizations show that most organizations do not integrate social and environmental performance into the way the organization operates.
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