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Are Your Meetings Making You Crazy? Fix them!
Does your organization hold meetings that seem to go on forever, that try to solve world hunger, but in which nothing really seems to get done? Do you dread going to meetings – even your own – and do...
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Leaders under fire and National Stress Awareness month
Whether you call it stress, overwhelm, or some other name, I constantly hear from leaders that they are pulled in too many directions, expected to multitask relentlessly, and have significantly more...
View ArticleCoping With Information Overload
Sheer volume of information is one of the greatest stressors that leaders face. Just like the ringing of a telephone sets off the urge to answer it, the arrival of yet another magazine, electronic...
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Multitasking: A less effective way to cope
Stress is inevitable. Deadlines, decisions, presentations, staff issues, the economy, and much more conspire to make leadership a stressful endeavor. Fortunately, we can choose how to deal with...
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Four step plan for cleaning up unresolved issues and projects
Those issues that you know you need to address but just haven’t gotten to, and those half-finished projects, often the result of multitasking (see prior post: Multitasking: a less effective way to...
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To make things happen, focus on the future, not the past
Most of the conversations that people have, especially when they are trying to get things done, seem to be about things that have happened in the past. That’s ironic since nothing gets done in the...
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Not getting anything done? Are you focused on Progress or Maintenance?
A client recently told me that the most important distinction I had shared with her was my notion of “Progress versus Maintenance.” The concept is simple and it is one that I started working on very...
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Six ways to tell if your performance is being stymied by clutter
Is your office super streamlined, without a paper or knickknack in sight? Are your files – what few you keep – neatly organized, out of sight, and easily accessible? Do you know immediately where to...
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Talking about what matters
Last night I had a peculiar dream. I was driving on a wide, two-lane commercial road near my home. Suddenly, in front of me, there was an elephant. I mean a real honest-to-goodness live elephant....
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5 ways leaders can promote worker engagement
Last week, a post on the Wall Street Journal At Work blog claimed that over half the workers in the US aren’t enthused by or committed to their work. The claim is based on a recent Gallup research...
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5 Problems with being a perfectionist
Last month an article caught my eye. It was called “Why your employees need to make mistakes.” Years ago, I tried to convince my boss that mistakes weren’t necessarily bad. Mistakes could be valid...
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Working sustainably: The magic of pausing
When someone refers to a sustainable workplace, do you think of environmental initiatives; installing blue bins for recycling, replacing disposable water bottles with water bubblers, or retrofitting...
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4 ways to work more sustainably
Last week I wrote about working sustainably and the magic of pausing. Here are some additional ways that leaders can work more sustainably. 1. Examine your systems and fix ones that are inefficient...
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