Leadership
Your Employees Are Busy, But Are They Productive?
I was a member of a business incubator while I was living in Northern California. The executive director had a Ph.D. in physics and is a very smart, but also fairly disorganized man. He seemed…
7 Psychological Ways to Improve Productivity in the Workplace
Productivity is key to a healthy company. From using a standing desk to trying the Pomodoro Technique, the ongoing search for ways to increase productivity in the workplace never ends. The problem is, people react…
Think Like a General! Create Strategies and Tactics Now
If you have been following the last several weeks of these postings, then now we’re getting organized. There are many ways to express the road map for your enterprise. One of the most popular was…
Killing the Conversation
Over the past couple of days, I’ve participated—at a distance—in an interesting conversation. Let me clarify, the conversation was interesting, but the dynamic of the conversation and what destroyed it was more interesting. To provide…
7 Simple Tips for Better Focus During the Day
Thanks to the millions of distractions provided by work, the internet, social media, and your personal life, we now struggle with everything from safe driving to completing a simple task to remembering something important, according…
Leadership Skills: 5 Key Ingredients of Courageous Leaders
A great leader knows how to get the best out of their people. Through strong, clear guidance, they enable others to walk tall and achieve success in many ways. Courageous leaders are inspirational. That isn’t…
6 Questions You Need to Answer Before Creating Your Change Communication Plan
When communicating change—especially big, complicated change—would you fire off a few emails and cross your fingers that employees understand what to do? Inspiring confidence in a change and motivating employees to take action is tough…
Please Map Your Goal and USE That Map!
It’s time to speak of some sort of business plan. As a professional investor in early stage companies, I have long discounted long, detailed business plans in favor of a concise “executive summary” followed by…
Oprah and Sheryl Sandberg’s Secrets to Success
When you think of a highly successful woman, who comes to mind? Oprah Winfrey? She’s usually pretty high up on the list of successful women, and she fought hard to get there, overcoming childhood poverty…
How to Set Goals for Your Employees That Lead to Success
I was talking to a young professional the other day and he mentioned that he was signing up for an online course. He explained that it was one of the goals he and his boss…
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