If you want to be a better communicator, you need to know three things. Wait, let me be more clear. If you want to be a better communicator, you need to know things about Three. Using the power of three to structure your messages, make your points or tell your stories can make what you say more...
Settling for “good enough” instead of what you really want? Getting comfortable with the ordinary? Letting others treat you poorly? Suffering through a poor work situation? Tired of working with people who don’t want to excel or don’t share your values? Playing small, even though you know there’s...
It seems like every week I speak with executives who tell me they’re burned out or exhausted. And why wouldn’t they be? Everyone has been on a full out sprint for the past year as we’ve run the biggest business social experiment in history. And now, after more than a year of 10 to 12 Zoom meetings...
Learn the difference between being nice and being kind. Then focus on these tactics that will not only help you but benefit everyone around you. A client told me recently that they wanted to be promoted, but felt their “niceness” was getting in the way. As they wondered aloud whether they needed...
You’re risking more than just wasted time. Overanalyzing can also hold you back from pursuing new opportunities. In the worlds of academia, professional training, and corporate workplaces, a person with an analytical mind is lauded as a hero. The people that are smartest in school and get the...
SMART goals have been a fixture in corporate life for more than 50 years, but you’ll rarely see successful CEOs use that approach. Chief executives typically eschew achievable and realistic goals in favor of BHAGs (big, hairy, audacious goals) or HARD goals (heartfelt, required, animated, and...
Previously, we discussed to-do lists and the need to prioritize your list (if you use one) to make sure that you get the most important work done first. While there is a place for keeping lists (many use them with great success), an even better strategy is to schedule tasks and block out your...
Are you being held accountable to "drive for results" and "motivate people?" If so, consider joining the resistance. If you are in HR, you need to lead the resistance. Now is the time to rethink what constitutes good leadership -- and overhauling obsolete competencies in leadership performance...
Summary. There are a lot of methods out there for staying organized. But which method prevails? Over four days, I tried four ways of organizing my to-do list. I tracked my overall productivity and stress levels to see which worked best. Monday: Get rid of your to-do list and instead schedule out...
Want to be a body language expert? Unlike the face, feet body language doesn’t lie. Here are 18 cues to know to become a mind-reading wizard. What is the one body part that you should always pay attention to when analyzing body language? Some might be surprised, but my answer is always the feet....
From makeshift webcams to smarter scheduling, these are the little innovations that are helping us get better at working from home. Too often in technology, we tend to focus on the grandiose: breakthrough hardware, hot new apps, ambitious new services. But in day-to-day use, even the little things...
In this era of communication at our fingertips, social media with limited characters, and short, 80,000-word books, it’s imperative to make a point quickly, succinctly and with maximum impact. Our “lizard” brains are impatient: if we don’t capture another’s attention within a short period of time,...