You know the feeling. The alarm goes off, and before you’ve found the button, your brain is already in the shower, fretting over the day ahead. So much work to do. How will … [Read more...]
6 Not-So-Obvious Reasons Seemingly Happy Employees Quit
Learn to spot these subtle signs to avoid the heartaches and headaches of sudden employee exits
Finding talent is hard. Losing it is hard to take. It's even harder when you feel blindsided. You already know why disgruntled employees turn sour--a terrible boss, … [Read more...]
Earth Just Hit Record Temperatures, and 14 Other Warning Signs Leaders Miss
Recent scientist's warnings may fall on deaf ears, but these signs of an unhealthy workplace culture shouldn't
Scientists at Berkeley Earth just reported that the Earth hit a record high temperature in 2016, crushing the record set in 2015, which pummeled that of 2014. A … [Read more...]
LeBron James Just Revealed That Magic Johnson Ghosted Him. James Isn’t Alone In This Growing Workplace Trend
When Magic Johnson quit the Lakers, he left King James in the lurch -- right on trend
When Magic Johnson abruptly quit the Los Angeles Lakers president role in early April, it soon surfaced that he had good reason to do so. He was accidentally … [Read more...]
Jeff Bezos Posted His First Amazon Job Ad 25 Years Ago. 1 Telling Sentence Within Foreshadowed the Future
The very first Amazon job posting is telling in so many ways
Thursday, August 22 marked the 25th anniversary of the very first job opening Jeff Bezos ever posted. In his wildest dreams, he, nor anyone else, could … [Read more...]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Looks for These 2 Traits Before He’ll Hire Anyone
These are two qualities any leader would kill to have a greater mix of on his or her team
Microsoft is on a roll again under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. I gave a keynote address at their Redmond, Washington, headquarters in June and was struck by a … [Read more...]
11 Annoying Business Buzzwords You Use Without Thinking and What to Say Instead
Communication is hard enough--don't get people tuning out by using this jargon
Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley once told me that 90 percent of his job was trying to communicate. That's the case for many business leaders who spend a … [Read more...]
Warren Buffett’s Little Known ‘Noah Rule’ Is the Key to Surviving Adversity
The Oracle of Omaha admits there was a time when he saw the future, but it wasn't enough.
I was recently in Florida talking to an audience member after a keynote I gave on flourishing in change. She said the keynote was timely because her company … [Read more...]
6 Unexpected Habits of the Most Confident People
Be confident that this dose of non-obvious, science-backed advice will help boost your confidence.
Here's something you know. Being self-confident improves odds of success, whether you're a leader wanting to lead confidently, an entrepreneur, or someone just trying to … [Read more...]
LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman Says Leaders Must Set a Drumbeat for Their Organizations. Here’s How to Do Just That
These are the five cadences leaders should set for their organization
One of the most important jobs of a leader is to set the vision and strategy, and to provide a path for others to follow. But there's a not-so-obvious role the … [Read more...]
