When you have multiple stakeholders, various projects, and competing deadlines, it can sometimes be difficult to prioritize. It can seem impossible to make a good decision that pleases everyone. The good news is, you don’t have to make everyone happy. Going in too many directions at once makes it difficult to move forward. To straighten [...]
Technology has made it so that I can email you much more easily than I can call you. We can communicate virtually just as well as we can connect face-to-face. With the recession cut-backs, many companies have taken advantage of that. Workers have been treated as disposable. Cost-containment is important. It’s the most [...]
A derailed executive is an previously-named high-potential employee who has reached the middle management level, only to find that there is little chance of future advancement (as previously thought) due to a misfit between job requirements and personal skills. Thus, the executive either plateaus or leaves the organization altogether. That is the original [...]
Your high performers dislike meetings — especially if they run long. They see meetings as a wasteful interruption to their structured work day. The more meetings they have, the less satisfied they feel with their job.
Others enjoy meetings, though. Specifically, people working in teams require collaboration in order to [...]
Making good decisions is considered a crucial centerpiece of excellent leadership. Just as productivity advice can vary with situations, so can decision-making. We are often tempted to include our entire team so we can tap the full variety of the technical knowledge and make everyone feel like their expertise is [...]
When you have multiple stakeholders, various projects, and competing deadlines, it can sometimes be difficult to prioritize. It can seem impossible to make a good decision that pleases everyone. The good news is, you don’t have to make everyone happy. Going in too many directions at once makes it difficult to move forward. To straighten [...]
When you were learning how to walk as a child, it was difficult. After your body learned what to do, as your muscles got stronger, and you did it over and over again, it became automatic. Today, you don’t think about putting one foot in front of the other anymore.
Your mind actually works very much [...]
Without enough information, making a decision can be impossible. Thankfully, today’s technologies allow us to have access to data quickly and easily. However, when you are faced with information overload, making a decision can seem impossible as well. Having a process for extracting meaningful information from random [...]
Productivity advice can be so general sometimes. “Keep your inbox empty.” Or “You can’t multitask.” But productivity is hardly a one-size-fits-all concept. The best way to work depends on the person, it depends on the task, and it depends on the situation surrounding both. Even the pointers in this article may be [...]
As a team leader, where is the line between engaging too much versus not enough? If you are a leader with formal authority or you can be perceived as more experienced or knowledgeable, you should think twice about collaborating with your team. Your involvement may create an effect that is the opposite of the spirit [...]
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