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Try Fewer Resolutions And More New Year’s Reflections
For the Type A folks among us, the approaching New Year means one thing – resolution time. Maybe you focus on one big rock, or maybe you have a spreadsheet meticulously outlining your “25 for 25.” Or perhaps you dust off…
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The problem with your meetings? People
“Can you fix our meetings?” is something that I’m asked frequently. It’s not an unreasonable question given I started a company called Stop Meeting Like This. But sadly, there is no magic wand to energize your company’s meetings…
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’Tis The Season For Joyful Work
It’s that time of year when the word “joy” finds its way back into our vernacular: in our favorite seasonal songs, in lawn décor and light displays, and even printed on shopping bags. But what if we aspired to be joyful all…
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How About Working Smarter In 2025?
Right about now you’re likely building ambitious plans for 2025, packed with strategies, tactics, and supporting initiatives to advance the business. And today, in the glow of the holidays, you even believe you and your team…
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Want High Performance? Invest In Better Conversations.
In today’s climate, skill in having high-quality, high-stakes conversations is in short supply. We either shy away from them altogether or we muddle the message so much that it’s barely received. For teams working on large,…
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The Problem With Email – And How To Fix It
Where does the time go? If you’re an office worker, it’s likely down the email drain. We spend countless hours - or by some counts almost a third of our week - sending emails, crafting responses, and otherwise dealing with…
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Four Project Team Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them
Finally! Your big project has gotten the green light and you’re ready to hit the ground running. To get started, you round up all of your top performers and just set them to work, right? Wrong. There are many reasons that…
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Lasting Change Starts With Leaders
For every good reason to change the way we work, there are dozens of excuses for why not to. In the decades I’ve been trying to help organizations work in ways that produce joy and productivity, I have encountered every possible…
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How to up your ROI on internal initiatives
This too shall pass… That’s what many of us think when the next “flavor of the month” initiative comes down from above. “We’re all about innovation, or every voice counts, or work-life balance…” Whatever it is, if we…
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What Your Employee Engagement Survey Is Actually Telling You
According to data from Gallup, only about a third of employees are engaged in their jobs and their workplaces. But given how much time and money organizations spend measuring employee engagement each year, you probably already…
