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...
When it comes to what talent management in the future might look like, a 2020 study points to three defining priorities among knowledge workers. The last year has forever changed the way employees view and approach work, but one thing holds true: Businesses that want...
Does the boss buy your time or your productivity? In the pre-industrial age, when we worked from home (“cottage industries”) workers got paid by the piece. As we moved to factories, it shifted. Many workers preferred a reliable regular paycheck, and owners decided to...