In an earlier “Boltz”, I referenced a monthly performance review process for Managers called the “PDR” (Performance Development Review).
A key component in this process is to seek a genuine understanding of who the players on your team really are.
This is facilitated by having a command of these three knowledge points:
1. What does your employee want to achieve?
2. What do they do well?
3. What can YOU, as their leader, do to help them reach their goals?
Take a moment to reflect on your direct reports and ask yourself if you can answer these three questions about every one of them? If not, you now have an opportunity to vastly improve your relationships, and ultimately, your mutual performance!
The most successful leaders make the time to truly know their people and serve as resource for goals to be achieved.
Leadership Strikes 
Bang on Bernie. Deposits and Withdrawals. Unless a leaders make regular weekly deposits they cannot expect to make any withdrawals from their performers. If they do this consistently they develop trust, and that is the most powerful currency of all.
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Hello Greg…reflecting on prior blogs and comments today. Your feedback is completely aligned with what Covey taught us in the 7 Habits, i.e. making those emotional deposits so that the corresponding withdrawal can be made when necessary. Thanks for sharing your keen insight!
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