Note: This post was updated on January 3, 2020. Have you been struggling with how to stop procrastinating? If so, you're far from alone. Up to 20% of people may be chronic procrastinators. And almost all of us struggle with procrastination at one time or another. ...
In our digital age, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of work life balance. Today two-thirds of American workers report feeling burned out at work. Having a strategy to combat this is critical to our mental health and emotional well-being. It’s also key to...
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You want your direct reports to be self-reliant. But they want face time with you. They approach you frequently to solicit advice and get help with decisions. And you end up feeling torn. You want to be an involved and accessible...
Your job involves an overwhelming amount of communications from others. Managing email and texts is a vexing challenge. So you take a cue from what you've observed others doing. You add a line to your email signature saying "I check my email infrequently, so if your...
According to Training Magazine, average corporate training budgets depend on the size of the company, and range from $290,000 (fewer than 1,000 employees) to $13 million (more than 10,000 employees) annually. Throughout my 20-plus years in the corporate training...
Does working only 40 hours (or less!) per week seem like an impossible dream? Are you convinced that your career will suffer if you don't work "all the time?" Limiting your hours so that you can have a balanced life is actually very possible, if you use the right...
Does your to-do list help you stay on top of your daily tasks and make progress toward your big goals? If not, it's time for a list makeover. I talked with Fast Company magazine about how your to-do list can boost your personal productivity. One problem with to-do...
Today, the nature of work has been upended. So what are the new rules for cultivating corporate productivity? I explore that question in my brand-new book. It's called Work Without Walls: An Executive’s Guide to Attention Management, Productivity, and the Future of...
Lots of productivity training sessions or classes seem helpful at the time. But what's important is what actually sticks with you and helps you be more productive. That's why I was happy when Lindsay*, the executive assistant interviewed for last week's productivity...
With today's technology, we have more freedom in when and where we do our jobs. But sometimes that's also the very thing that leaves us feeling stressed at work. I talked about this conundrum recently with business and technology writer Minda Zetlin for an Inc....
