Interview with Mayor Iorio

July 30th, 2008 by Sean Burke

Mayor Iorio

Today Sean speaks with Pam Iorio, the Mayor of Tampa. Currently serving her second term, Mayor Iorio shares her insights about Tampa and why Tampa is a great place to do business.

You will also hear her discuss:

  • what it is like to be the Mayor, and how she handles the demands of the job;
  • the Six Strategic Focus Areas she is concentrating on during her term;
  • how she plans her time in order to achieve these Initiatives;
  • how she gathers input from local business leaders;
  • her definition of excellence; and, much more.

To find out more about Mayor Iorio’s Six Key Initiatives for the City of Tampa visit http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Mayor/strategic_areas/.

Six Disciplines Execution Revolution #1

July 26th, 2008 by Sean Burke

Execution Revolution is now #1 on the Wall Street Journal’s Business Best Sellers Book List.

It is also #1 on Amazon’s Business Best Sellers List.

I have a few copies for those of you who want one…just send me an email.

Six Disciplines Execution Revolution

Quarterly Ratings Process (Execution, 6 of 6)

July 6th, 2008 by Sean Burke

Today we will be discussing the quarterly ratings process. Reviewing employee’s accomplishments is an important part of maintaining alignment and accountability – unfortunately though – so many managers and leaders struggle to keep up with this. We will share with you how to simplify this process.

The Goals of today’s cast is to share with you:

  • The steps that need to be taken to complete a quarterly review
  • The review agenda
  • The role of the team member and team leader
  • Why this is an important part of leadership and coaching
  • How to keep it simple
  • How to increase learning on each team members professional development needs
  • The value of this process
  • What can leaders do today to begin this process