LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Productivity Expert Nir Eyal Says Life Hacks Don’t Work. Here’s Why
What if you found the perfect life hack? In a few seconds, you’d suddenly finish up your tasks in record time. With the wave of your iPhone, poof — suddenly you’re getting things done. According to author and productivity expert Nir Eyal, constantly pursuing these...
Effective Leadership; How can You increase Your Emotional Intelligence?
Everyone has had to deal with a difficult challenge, the poor performance of others or something that didn’t go as planned.When such a situation occurs, we may begin to experience an emotional reaction. The question we must then answer is, “Do we manage our emotions,...
Why You’re Feeling Work-From-Home Burnout and What can be Done
As the pandemic drags on, many remote workers are reporting feeling drained. Here’s what some employers—and employees—are doing to feel better. When quarantines and stay-at-home orders swept across the country in March, many workers thought they’d be back in the...
How I Taught the ‘Leam from Hell’ to Trust Each Other
Effective organisations rely on teamwork, not least because it facilitates problem solving. Many leaders, however, are ambivalent about teams. They fear overt and covert conflict, uneven participation, tunnel vision, lack of accountability and indifference to the...
Where Do Your Beliefs Come From?
An organization concluded its ideal client is a 45-year-old female HR professional. That discovery wasn't surprising. But this was: The ideal client claimed her primary source for news and information was Facebook. Facebook may be terrific for some things, but is it...
3 basic C’s of leadership; Desperately Needed Now
Last month I wrote about the value to be found in breaking through the noise all around us. For many readers the question remains: What do we need to better focus on actions that matter? At the same time so many of the prior norms we may have taken for granted have...
Reclaim home court Advantage for Virtual Presentations
Athletes who play on their home turf have an advantage. Whether court, field or ice, teams win more at home.Why? Some believe the advantage comes from athletes being able to follow their routines and play in familiar surroundings. Some give credit to the support of...
How Do We Identify Leadership If We Taint the Definition With Politics and Ideology? Here Are 10 Enduring Principles of Great Leaders
This article is a Friday Forward. Subscribe and join 270,000+ other leaders who receive my weekly leadership note.A few weeks ago, I wrote a Friday Forward about the leadership throughout the American response to COVID-19, which generated many passionate replies. What...
How Flexible is Too Flexible? Leading People During a Pandemic
We are facing working situations and complications that most have never faced before. And while enlightened leaders want to provide flexibility to their team members to accommodate these trying and challenging times, the work must still be done. This paradox raises...