productivity

Busy Doesn’t Equal Important

June 22, 2011

Who are the important people where you work? How do you know they’re important? Is it because they have email boxes with hundreds of unread emails? Is it because they are in meetings 30 hours of every work week? Are they important because they’re busy? Does this describe you?

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Stop the Weeds of Discontent Before They Ruin Your Workplace

January 9, 2011

Why are some work environments toxic and distracting while others are fun, energetic, collaborative, and highly productive? Look at the leader; what is he or she doing? Toxic workplaces exist because the leader is either actively encouraging and participating in this behavior (get out of there), or they are ignoring it. This post will address the leader who is allowing weeds to overtake his garden through his own negligence.

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Want to Improve Productivity? Get Happy

November 28, 2010

How can I get my people to be up to 31% more productive? One answer is to work happy. Based on research by Shawn Achor, CEO of Aspirant and author of The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work, happy brains are significantly more productive than unhappy brains.

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Leadership Pop Quiz

September 10, 2009

Getting sucked into seemingly productive activities is an easy trap to fall into. Spend a little time evaluating what you should be doing versus what you are doing and get back on track. This is part of the feedback we all need to maintain balance. Here’s a little quiz for you: Name your top 4-5 [...]

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Reading List for Week Ending 7/24/09

July 25, 2009

Don’t let the short list this week fool you. These are all very good articles on leadership. Leadership NY Times interview with Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive of Adobe Systems: “If you set a common vision and then get really scary-smart people, they do things that amaze you.” I love his management philosophy and [...]

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