Archive for December, 2005

Overcoming Entitlement Mentality

December 13th, 2005

How do you overcome EM? One key way to combat EM is to share critical information with the team. Teams who receive information on finances, profits, costs, losses, etc. tend to be much more realistic and less self centered in their behavior. That is not to say that EM behavior will not […]

Entitlement Mentality

December 8th, 2005

Entitlement mentality is when a person feels they are entitled to some benefit or privilege without contributing the requisite input or effort. Entitlement mentality (EM) comes from the perception that “The world owes me something and I deserve it whether I put in the money or effort or not.â€? It occurs to some […]

Underperforming Work Teams

December 1st, 2005

We talk a lot about high performing work teams but it might be informative to look at an underperforming work team to better understand what makes a hpwt.
Auditing a team to determine its performance level starts with this simple question, “What are the goals of the team for this year and how is the team […]