If there is one thing I’ve learned in my line of work it’s this: Listening is an essential skill for success. One of the key components of leadership is good communication skills. Great leaders are powerful communicators—that’s why leadership books and classes...
Self-doubt: the mental troublemaker that surfaces throughout our career. Every time we think we understand it, it changes its form and strikes at the worst times. An estimated 70% of people experience feelings of...
Do your one-on-ones feel aimless?Not sure if they're making a difference? There's some solid science that says you shouldn't give them up anytime soon. Harvard Business Review reports that employees of managers who don’t have 1:1 meetings are: 4 times as likely to be...
Often people end the day feeling that they have not completed their tasks satisfactorily because they have spent much of the time "putting out fires." This is just one of mode of leadership that can cause inefficiency and chaos in a company. Sound familiar? When fires...
Your days are full, and it can be hard to get everything on your list done. You were finally making progress on a task when your focus is disrupted yet again with a meeting reminder. You don’t know how you’ll finish what you need to do today, and it’s probably going...
To perform their best, leaders must nurture their minds and bodies. Twenty years ago, the sudden emergence of ESPN’s daily poker broadcasting sparked global debate. How does card playing merit coverage, given the absence of spherical objects and sweaty high-fives? The...