December 29th, 2008 by Sean Burke
This is the final cast in our A-player series featuring Jack Henard, the managing director of Meridian Partners, a Tampa-based Executive Search Firm. Sean and Jack wrap up the series by focusing on how to manage and keep A-players. You will hear Jack discuss:
- tips on managing and keeping A-players;
- management suggestions that should be implemented right away with your current A-talent;
- the conditions under which an A-player would leave your organization;
- the warning signs someone is about to leave your organization; and,
- if it’s possible to build a whole team of A-players.
We hope you enjoyed this series and found the information valuable. You can learn more about Jack Henard and Meridian Partners by clicking here.
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October 31st, 2008 by Sean Burke
Welcome to part two of our A-player series. This discussion features Jack Henard, the managing director of Meridian Partners, a Tampa-based Executive Search firm.Â
In this cast, Jack:
- shares some interesting survey results regarding executive search recruiting;
- offers advise of how to get A-talent;
- shares where you can find a start perfomer;
- details the best way to negotiate compensation;
- and much more!
For more on Jack Henard and Meridian Partners click here.
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October 7th, 2008 by Sean Burke
For those of you looking to learn more about how you too can join in the Execution Revolution,
please join us at our upcoming event.

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September 30th, 2008 by Sean Burke
In this podcast series, Sean speaks with Jack Henard, the managing director of Meridian Partners, a Tampa-based executive search firm. With over 25 years of executive search experience, Jack is a leading expert on recruiting and retaining A-players.
The goal of this cast is to:
- define an A-player;
- define the charateristics of an A-player;
- describe the value an A-Player brings to an organization;
- explain why companies often avoid A-players; and,
- show how hiring an A-player can effect a company’s morale.
We hope you enjoy this series on A-players. To learn more about Jack and Meridian Partners, click here.
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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
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June 23rd, 2008 by Sean Burke
Today we will be discussing the weekly status report. Status reports are a the most important activity in driving execution so if you do only one thing – this is it!
The Goals of today’s cast are to share with you:
- The goals of a weekly status report
- Why they should be held weekly
- How the meetings should be organized
- How to incorporate coaching in these sessions to drive individual leadership and accountability
- Why these should be the first thing you put on your weekly calendar
Enjoy!
To download the Weekly Status Reports Template – click here
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May 30th, 2008 by Sean Burke
In this cast we discuss estimating the time it takes to complete your deliverables. From our previous casts on this subject, we outlined the importance of determining deliverables for your team – now we are going to look at how and why you should take the next step – and that is estimating and tracking deliverable time.
The Goals of today’s cast are to share with you:
- The importance on estimating deliverable time
- The importance of measuring deliverable time
- How this process can greatly impact your ability to execute
- Steps that you can take today to start estimating and tracking your deliverable time
- Making sure that the priority of deliverables are clear
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May 12th, 2008 by Sean Burke
Today we will be discussing the importance of documenting dependencies to help increase execution.
The Goals of today’s cast are to share with you:
- An explanation of just exactly what dependencies are
- Why identifying them is so important
- The impact they can play on goal obtainment
- The impact they have on the entire business
- How to start measuring your dependencies execution
- The steps you can take today to incorporate the identification and measurement of dependencies in your business
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April 27th, 2008 by Sean Burke
This episode reviews the differences of Deliverables vs. Actions. Many companies measure the activities of their team – and while that is good – it only tells what people are doing. It gives no insight on their quantifiable results.
The Goals of today’s cast are to share with you:
- the difference between actions and deliverables
- Why deliverables give you a better measurement
- Where to use deliverables within your company
- What steps you can take today to create and use them in your business
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April 11th, 2008 by Sean Burke
Our next six casts are devoted to the subject of execution – each cast builds on the previous one – so you will want to listen to them in order.
In this cast, Sean and Jeff discuss creating deliverables as an important component to driving organizational execution. Having well crafted individual deliverables that link to your company’s goals is one piece of creating an organization that holds itself accountable for attaining results.
The Goals of this cast are to share with you:
- What deliverables are and how they link to goals
- How to write deliverables
- The importance of having them
- The steps you can take today to start using deliverables in your business
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