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Transcript – Heuristic Podcast w/ Marc Pons

Below is the transcript for Heuristic Podcast #12 Prompt Grassroots Decision-Making Often with Marc Pons. Alicia Parr (AP): Hi this is Alicia with Performentor and this is another Heuristic Podcast and today we’re talking to Marc Pons. Marc is the President of Chapel Hill Tire, a growing chain of auto and tire repair shops that’s

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Transcript – Heuristic Podcast w/ Carol McLaurin

Below is the transcript for Heuristic Podcast #15 – Sometimes there’s one right way. Probably not this time. Alicia Parr (AP): Hi this is Alicia with Performentor and this is another Heuristic Podcast and today we’re talking to Carol McLaurin. She’s the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships at the SBTDC in North Carolina, and

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Motivating & Aligning Your Team – A Simple Framework

Human beings respond to communication that takes on the structure of a purpose-driven story. It has to feel real. It generates a future image of a better future. It unifies. If you want to get those outcomes from a talk that you are giving, or an announcement that you are writing, USE THIS PROCESS. If

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Performentor Operating Principles

Unleash & harness people energy.For truth & love. Start where the other is. Assume best intent. Be curious.Share the growth mindset. Become “we” with our clients. Coauthor. More minds, more better. Collaborate to move faster / better. Small changes for biggest impacts. Don’t get stuck addressing symptoms. Root cause. Turn on a dime with changes.

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Top 3 Reasons Your Startup Could Use Some HR

As the owner of a fractional HR services firm, you might think I am inclined to overestimate the value of HR for a small organization.  “When is the right time to add HR?” and “Isn’t HR expensive?” are questions frequently posed to us and ones that we were reminded of during CED’s recent Venture Connect

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Adding a Twist of STOOPID to SMART Goals

As the late John F. Kennedy once said, “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” New years bring with them the possibilities of improvements, changes and successes which take time, energy and focus to attain.  As a fractional HR services and organizational behavior management consultancy, Performentor frequently works with businesses on performance related projects

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A Roadmap for Your Business’ Growth

Your business is growing and you want to keep the momentum going. Tomorrow you will hire your ninth employee, but someday soon you hope to hire your 99th. While each new hire presents unique challenges and opportunities, what we at Performentor have found is that there are key similarities in the challenges and decision points

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What is People Science Anyway?

People science. It’s all over my LinkedIn page, my website, and other Performentor.biz collateral. I want to talk about what I mean by this phrase and why it’s important to me and how I do my work. And why it’s important for you too.

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The Big 5 Leadership Principles

One of the hardest things to commit enough time to in a fast-growing business is training our new leaders how to be effective managers of people. Unfortunately, a lot of off-the-shelf leadership training talks about scary compliance, managerial tactics, leadership styles, and other fluffy stuff.  Not exactly people science.

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