INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) You're better equipped to handle difficult co-workers by keeping one sentence in mind: We all fear something, love … [Read more...]
Issue #36: On Being Authentic, the Biggest Impact a Leader Has, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) You worked hard to rise up the ranks, to get into “the room where it happens.” But are you fully, authentically you, when … [Read more...]
What a Nobel Prize Winner Teaches Us About Motivating Others
You don't need to be a genius to apply this
When the Nobel Prize winning physicist, Richard Feynman, was still getting his graduate degree at Princeton, he was asked to oversee a group of engineers who were tasked with … [Read more...]
Here’s What Will Really Trigger Employees to Quit, and How to Avoid It
It's surprisingly simple, and painful when it's missed
Finding talent is hard, losing it is hard to take. If only employees were more loyal to the idea of loyalty. They quit, even when we thought they were happy. And … [Read more...]
Issue #15: On Productivity Lies We Tell Ourselves, Taking a Self-Compassion Break, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Avoid these three misconceptions if you want to be maximally productive: “I work better under … [Read more...]
Issue #14:“On Practicing Grindfulness, the Cost of People-Pleasing, and More”
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) You underestimate the damage you’re doing when you engage in people-pleasing behavior. By this I mean to please others and … [Read more...]
Employee Happiness Boils Down to This Simple Equation
It's time for a simpler solution to employee happiness. It's time for...math?
Entire industries have been created to help people find happiness. And I'm not even counting when Apple comes out with a new i-anything. If I'm honest, so many "8 step … [Read more...]
These 6 Words are the Key to a Good Relationship With Your Boss
It requires admitting something
Sometimes building a relationship with your boss is easy--you’re on the same wavelength, chemistry is there, you compliment each other well. Research shows that in at least 60 … [Read more...]
Hybrid Work is the Next Disruption. A Huge Microsoft Study Reveals What It Will Take
You see this coming – it’s time to plan for it
Microsoft and LinkedIn conducted a 30,000 person, 31 country study over this past year of remote work to help shape their hybrid work strategy. Hybrid work is defined as a mixture … [Read more...]
Want to Make a Great First Impression? Do What Successful Speed Daters Do
It's dead simple but so often overlooked and misunderstood
Making a great first impression is so much better than having to overcome a bad first impression. But it’s easier said than done. Big first impressions come from small … [Read more...]
