My clients often tell me about their rising anxiety as they attempt to zero out their email inboxes each day. Like a horror flick, they describe how they nearly conquer the enemy, when suddenly, their inboxes start to refill. Worse, they say that while they’re...
This article is to share two of my favorite business email writing tips that can instantly improve your communication. They’re easy to implement and work like magic. Too often when writing business emails, we rush to get down our thoughts and send them on. While we...
Every leader I know wants to boost productivity for themselves and their teams. Before the pandemic, this was challenging enough. When in the office, knowledge workers routinely deal with constant interruptions—whether from a boss who frequently drops in with...
This post was updated May 17, 2020 Every leader knows one of the most challenging aspects of your role is managing and developing your people—identifying the gaps in their skills, and helping them to fill those gaps. Building and growing a team of capable and...
Do you have a company email policy? If not, a recent study out of Virginia Tech University suggests that you should create one. The study found that even the expectation that an employee will have to deal with after-hours emails creates anxiety for both the employee...
Distraction is the No. 1 enemy of productivity. I talked about how to strengthen your battle plan against it during my recent interview on The Innovation Show. Hosted by Aidan McCullen, The Innovation Show is a podcast for forward-thinking leaders, entrepreneurs and...
If you're a leader, do you manage with the wellbeing of your knowledge workers' brains in mind? I talked about why this is essential during my recent interview with Andrea Simon for the On the Brink podcast. Andi is a principal and founder of Simon Associates...
Your leadership style has a big effect on your own productivity — and the productivity of your team. I dug into this and other productivity tips for leaders as a guest on a recent episode of The LEADx Leadership Show podcast with Kevin Kruse. Kevin is the founder +...
Guest post by Shawn Thomas Imagine a lake filled with water so clear you can see the bottom, even at a depth of a hundred feet. Once you've taken moment to imagine that incredible scene, consider another, slightly different scene. This time, instead of crystal clear...
If someone gave you $40, would you spend it on stuff or on a service that helps you save time? One of those purchases will make you happier than the other one, a new study has found. And it's not the one you might think. Researchers assigned the study participants to...
