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Is your time leak a trickle or a downpour?
Research suggests that knowledge workers waste an average of two hours per day with distractions, irrelevant meetings, and other sources of collaborative friction. That means that you’re paying for 100 percent of the work…
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Leaders - Too Busy To Solve Your Busyness Problem?
There is never enough time. Not enough time to prepare for a meeting, so we go in cold. Not enough time to meaningfully connect with our teams, so projects travel unchecked down the wrong path, or stall altogether. Too busy…
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Leaders - It's Time To Inspire Calm, Not Fear
We are living in a highly volatile world where at any moment there could be another weather disaster, outbreak of violence, mass layoff, or sky-rocketing of consumer prices. Never has compassionate, level-headed leadership…
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Meeting FOMO Has Got To Go
January may have flown by faster than the ball dropped, but it’s still technically resolution season. And if you’re anything like the rest of the knowledge workers we know, all those late nights and early mornings at your…
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Is Your Stress Sabotaging Your Team’s Success? Here’s How To Fix It
While executive compensation and stock transactions are highly scrutinized, day-to-day leadership behavior is significantly less so. In fact, I have observed well-respected leaders in Fortune 500s, biotech start-ups, and…
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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,…
