15.0 Why It Works: Gail Smith-McCarthy on Performance Management

Have you ever worked with someone who was unmanageable? Do your ever find yourself wishing there was a performance management manual? Would you like to know what the ultimate indicator of your management ability is? Hint: it's got nothing to do with 360 degree feedback or your performance review.

In today's episode of "Why It Works," Gail Smith-McCarthy reveals some of the hidden mechanisms behind why Performance Management works. We explore the role of hardship in success, how to manage and motivate your people despite limited resources, and what it means to practice sustainable leadership.

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Gail Smith-McCarthy

With a career spanning 20+ years, Gail has always believed that opportunities and potential for success are limitless when a person loves what he or she does. Gail has always been in job roles that allowed her to leverage her passions and skills to meet business needs – such as applying her love of problem-solving to lead technology transformation and process improvement projects, and applying her love of writing and helping people learn by documenting processes to facilitate standardization and cross-training. A people manager in her previous career chapter, Gail has returned to life as an individual contributor – while also retaining her favorite part of managing people by mentoring colleagues and leading programs that facilitate skill development and focus on the sharing of best practices.

Gail's book recommendations:

• FYI: For Your Improvement, A Guide for Development and Coaching by Michael Lombardo & Robert Eichinger

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

• You Don’t Need a Title to Be A Leader by Mark Sanborn

• 1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson

• “Job Sculpting: The Art of Retaining Your Best People” by Butler & Waldroop

• The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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CLIPS

Denzel Washington NAACP Image Awards 2017 Speech

Just in these two minutes, THIS THE MOST I EVER BEEN INSPIRED! THANK YOU DENZEL! . . . "I am particularly proud and happy about the young FILMMAKERS, ACTORS, singers, WRITERS, PRODUCERS that are coming up behind my generation, in particular Barry Jenkins @bandrybarry, "Young people understand, this young man made 10, 15, 20 short films before he got the opportunity to make #Moonlight so never give up."

The Devil Wears Prada Upward Social Comparison

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How Dave Grohl Got His Start in Music

Dave Grohl talks about how he started playing music, from learning to play guitar to his first home recordings to his early days with Nirvana. Subscribe to the Fuse YouTube channel YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=fuse And for more from Fuse, follow us here too Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/fusetv Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FuseTV

Scrubs - My Student

This is the complete opening sequence of Scrubs S01E17 'My Student': One amazing two minute steadycam ride. You don't get to see many of these on a . A (requested) clip from 'My Student' (s01e17) where Philip is doing his best to annoy Elliot, causing her to snap at him and incur the wrath of Dr. Kelso..

Not a good Captain / First Officer

Clip of TNG episode "Chain of Command" showing the exchange between Riker and Edward Jellico.

A Pep Talk from Kid President to You

We all need a little encouragement every now and then. Kid President, knowing this, has put together a video you can play each morning as you wake up or to share with your friend who needs a kick in the right direction. Take a moment and spread some encouragement.

MUSIC

Opening features the song "Morning" by Cambo Smith, available under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Recommendation segment features the song "Delta" by Moonove, under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 International License

Closing features the song "Siesta" by Jahzzar under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.