Bad leadership costs you about $144,541.30 per day
“No time for that shit, Judy! Kick it to HR! They have the functional knowledge! I’m out here building the biz!” Continue Reading
Meetings
One on one meetings: How to improve them
“… but we have technology to deal with that now!” Bad idea. Continue Reading
The cancelled meetings culture
“We’ll just cancel Thursday’s meeting! Got a lot on my plate after all! Gotta get some higher-priority stuff out the door!” Continue Reading
How to prepare better for meetings and calls
It’s amazing to me how many people I’ve worked with over the years who seem to put absolutely no thought into how to prepare better for meetings and calls. Look, the sad fact of the matter is — much of… Continue Reading
The definitive time equation to remember at work
This is primarily going to be anecdotal — i.e. based on people I’ve worked with, my friends have worked with, etc. If you want some science on people having problems balancing and understanding time (especially at work), you can read this or… Continue Reading
Have less meetings: The triage method
For my money, the twin scourges of the modern workplace are: Meetings E-Mails Those two things suck up so much time, and oftentimes they’re not even real work. They’re people talking about work — oftentimes without a lot of context… Continue Reading
How meetings can drive managerial decision-making
Meetings take up a lot of time. But what if they helped guide managerial decision-making? Just came across the writings of this guy Art Petty and specifically this blog about ’17 Ways Your Strategy Will Fail.’ I’ve written about this a… Continue Reading
Leadership Strategy: Fire yourself
I’ve been doing some writing and editing for this OPEN for Business blog recently, and today my friend Steve Dunlap fired off a new post about “firing yourself.” The concept is pretty basic to understand, but to summarize, every year —… Continue Reading