412: How to Address Underperformance and More Questions, with Bonni Stachowiak

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She joins me monthly to respond to listener questions.

Listener Questions

• Elizabeth asked about a tricky issue with an underperforming team member she inherited.
• Gordon wondered what he could do to support resilience during a time of massive change.
• Leona asked how she might think about the disconnect from what her organization espouses and what she sees in practice.
• Anthony was curious about when it’s appropriate to ask “why” and when it’s not.

Resources Mentioned

• Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It … and Why the Rest Don’t* by Verne Harnish
• Scaling Up Growth Tools
• Analyzing Performance Problems* by Robert F. Mager and Peter Pipe

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• How to Succeed with Leadership and Management, with John Kotter (episode 249)
• How to Build Psychological Safety, with Amy Edmondson (episode 404)
• How to Clarify What’s Important, with Ron Williams (episode 410)

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