LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Manage and Prioritize Your to-do List
In a previous series for SmartBrief, I laid out my 5-step productivity process for leaders, which I then turned into a Productivity Blueprint. This post goes deeper on the first of my five steps, planning for maximal productivity, and picks up from his last one, which...
Our current work-from-home life has torn down the wall between our professional and personal lives. Recently, I was meeting over Zoom with a company’s vice president of operations when we were momentarily interrupted—not by technical difficulties or priority tasks,...
How to Tell When Your Managers are Conflict-averse
If in your organization there’s a high-conflict person causing disruption where team members walk on eggshells, their boss may request coaching for the high-conflict individual.Before saying yes, consider that the problem has not been accurately defined. There’s only...
Questions that can Help Your Team Manage Technology Overload
Of all the problems caused by the pandemic, too much technology wouldn't seem like a priority. But being overwhelmed by ever-present technology is a real phenomenon, especially as employees continue to absorb new software, apps and processes driven by the pandemic....
How to Think Differently About Leading and Managing
It wasn't long ago when the phrase "think differently" evoked images of an Apple advertising campaign or the call to action from the cool kids in our corporate and startup playgrounds telling us how to innovate, to cope with the change that was going to disrupt...
Got a Bad Habit? Here’s How to Train Your Brain to Beat It
Chances are, a few of your bad habits have become particularly evident during the pandemic. Or maybe you’ve picked up a new bad habit altogether. You may notice aspects of the way you keep your home that make it hard to work there effectively. Your personal habits may...
How to Make Rational Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty
As we’re battling a virus that scientists still don’t fully understand, watching the stock market sink, then soar, then sink again, and facing a contentious election, the future seems completely unpredictable (instead of merely as unpredictable as it has always been)....
How to Listen for Small Signals that Lead to Big Impact
While popular culture presents leaders as confident, maybe sometimes arrogant, we are not immune to self-doubt. To wondering whether or not our particular approach or words land from moment to moment. In the world of virtual everything, where many of our senses are...
Who Speaks Truth to Your Power
When you are the president of the United States, the stakes are always high, because you’re making monumental decisions that affect the lives of 328 million people. Being guided by correct information, proper advice and transparency is incredibly important for a...