Favorite Things Holiday Edition 2018: Podcasts and Newsletters
Some podcasts and newsletters to spur curiosity, exercise your brain and enjoy time when not working. Holiday and day-off fodder!
Group Think Feels Good But Causes Failures
One major pitfall in business is group think. It can easily displace independent thinking and good decision-making. I remember being in a strategy meeting with an executive team. We were […]
Measure What Matters and Motivates
Who should you write up, who should you retain, and who should you groom for promotion? Growing companies eventually discover that they need a way to make more than just […]
Giving and Receiving (Great Feedback)
Maybe the conversations you’ve had with colleagues, friends and associates haven’t been helping. That’s because hearing critical feedback is hard and uncomfortable. But, if you want to hone your skill and […]
Jump-Start Productivity With This 30 Second Habit
If you are interested in amping-up your personal and professional productivity, increasing your sense of accomplishment, and sleeping more soundly, then there is one simple, 30 second task you can […]
Some of My Favorite Things To Read and Listen To –Summer 2018
I like to offer these resources every now and then in case you, like me, have an ever restless mind on the prowl for new fodder! Since my last Favorite […]
Learning to Love Hearing Criticism
Why is criticism so upsetting? In the workplace — or maybe even in a marriage — we often hear feedback that is, well, critical. Maybe you are part of the […]
Spotlight on Introverts
Like the world itself, every workplace has a mix of extroverts and introverts – people who are outspoken and vocal and those who don’t speak up, find group activities, impromptu […]
Get Awesome Coaching Without a New Coach!
We revere great coaches in our culture – whether in sports, politics or even business. But we almost never address what conditions allow a coach to thrive — that is, […]
Growing a Team of Leaders
Enterprise leaders think about their work in a very unique way. It isn’t that they are simply thinking about which tasks need to be completed, or who they forget to […]