by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
Jerome said his biggest problem was time management. He was overloaded, deadlines were getting missed, and he was stressed. Managing his team was his biggest time drain. “When they ask me questions, I get stuck spending time with them instead of doing my own...
by David Burkus | Guest Post |
Guest Post by David Burkus We live and work in a world of complex problems, and few people would argue that we can solve those problems without a lot of creativity. Creativity is the seed of innovation and, in the business world, innovation is the seed of competitive...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Vision and Strategy |
When I published my Value of Vision series, I had no idea I had done something unusual. I am concerned about the current lack of interest around vision in leadership, and I had hoped that publishing a series of views from a variety of experts might help boost the...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
Much of your brain is hardwired from birth. Our primitive reflexes make us hyper-alert for bad news. Our brains detect negative information faster than positive information, and we have a stronger memory for painful experiences than pleasurable ones. This hardwiring...
by Doug Sundheim | Guest Post |
Guest Post by Doug Sundheim Things work better when you’re being you. You’re not wasting time trying to live up to some conjured-up ideal of perfection. You’re not trying to be all things to all people. Consequently, you have more energy to focus on other...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness |
Did you ever watch in dismay as a good team began to make a series of bad decisions? It can happen with any kind of team – a work team, sports team, political team, or volunteer team… in any kind of setting – business, government, school, non-profit. Here’s what...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Purpose |
Share A mission statement is a brief statement that explains your reason for existence or purpose – what you want to accomplish. A good mission statement helps guide you in determining your products and services because it answers the question “why?” and helps...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Personal Effectiveness |
What’s the best length for a blog post? Mine are usually between 500 to 800 words. However, through the discipline of writing tweets, I have discovered that it is quite possible to communicate an important concept in 160 characters or less. A...
by Chip Bell | Guest Post |
Guest post by Chip Bell Fear is as personal as a fingerprint. I have a daredevil friend whose idea of a fun Saturday afternoon is to ski off the top of a steep mountain after being transported to the peak by a helicopter. The thought of that makes me break out in a...
