Time management skills: The check-in
Time management skills are fairly rare in most workplaces and teams. But what if we taught managers to change one little bitty thing? Continue Reading
Leadership
People spend billions of dollars a year, and fly all over the world, to discuss and debate and analyze leadership. But what if it’s simpler than that?
Why your decision-making process is skewed
Most companies (and individual senior leaders) have terrible decision-making processes in place. They often focus short-term, chase shiny pennies, and a host of other things. Why is this? How can it get better? Continue Reading
The ‘We’re so understaffed’ myth
Your company’s probably NOT actually understaffed. You probably are just using the people you do have incorrectly, or letting them skate on true responsibilities. Continue Reading
‘Best boss’ discussions are often total garbage
If you do a simple Google search for ‘best boss’ or ‘how to be the best boss,’ there are millions and millions of results. The dirty little secret? They’re mostly all garbage. Continue Reading
End the deification of the workaholic
The workaholic culture will never end, and especially among males — but we can at least reduce the ways we deify it and treat it as vain-glorious, no? Continue Reading
The death of middle management
Middle management has been a punchline for decades now, and is often thought of the place with enough process to choke a farm of horses. Is the Knowledge Economy finally going to kill it? Continue Reading
The vital necessity of flexible work schedules
Flexible work schedules are so logical as a concept. But — most organizations totally whiff on how to do this properly. Why? And how could it get better? Let’s talk about this openly. Continue Reading
Micromanaging: Can it be prevented?
We’ve all had the micro-manager boss. But where does he/she come from, and how can he/she be prevented? Continue Reading