The attention to detail paradox
If you’re hitting your real targets, your “attention to detail” can be sloppy as hell. But if your boss doesn’t like you, this will keep you in a box. Continue Reading
Month: October 2016
The gravest meeting planning sin
Gotta respect time like you respect money, honey. Continue Reading
Being patient at work is friggin’ crucial
A world without hair-on-fire, competing-priority, sense of urgency BS in every project. Continue Reading
A bad employee? There’s no such thing.
We train managers to think of complex, variable issues in very black-and-white (“Send him to HR!”) terms, and that’s a problem. Continue Reading
How to make conversation: A semi-informative guide
It’s not really about slinging business cards around or dressing down your employees. It’s more like a game of catch. (And also: it blows up the idea of professionalism.) Continue Reading
Business productivity: The 15-minute pocket rocket
How to find 300 hours/year in your schedule — where you least expect it! Continue Reading
Professional networking: The modern dichotomy
“I’ve got 2,191 LinkedIn connections! I’m so networked!” But are you, sir? Are you? Continue Reading
An organizational development consultant can’t save you
Rushing in because the execs can’t be bothered to think about culture issues but fear disruption, what happens next for our hero? Continue Reading