Society progresses by leaps that feel awe-inspiring and terrifying all at once. The leaders who adapt to these leaps will find themselves at the center of the new world when it dawns. Read More
It’s Sunday night and you’re dreading work. Again. You’d rather go to your gyno for a pap smear than head to the office in the morning. You’re thinking about starting to look for a new job. But before you do that, it’…
A lot of companies are paying attention to diversity these days–thanks to increased media scrutiny and incidents illustrating problems that emerge when diversity is not a priority. Pair that with plenty of research that shows a positive link bet…
In the course of our careers, we’ve bound to make mistakes we come to bemoan after the fact. Maybe you didn’t fight hard enough for that promotion, or let your coworkers walk all over you for months on end. Here are a few of the things my…
We speak approximately 16,000 words a day. Ideally, we want our words and ideas to make a difference–particularly in the workplace. And for that to happen, our ideas must lead to action. We need to end our conversations with a call to action.
To…
Open plan offices are bad for getting things done. They’re noisy and distractive, and employees can find it hard to focus. The idea that they promoted collaboration was recently debunked by Harvard University researchers, who found they do exact…
I remember it like it was yesterday. I had been hired to be a product manager for an industrial e-commerce site. I had stated in my interview I wasn’t familiar with the platform they were using, but that didn’t seem to deter them from hir…
What do you think are the symptoms of Poor Time Management? Time management is a challenge for almost every individual. Executives have been found to be complaining more about the scarcity of time. The advent of 24/7 communications, increasing sophistication, intense rivalry, and financial insecurities have complicated the situation for the executives. Overloaded executives are […]
There is one common component that can make or break any negotiation–research and preparation. It doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to make a convincing case for why you deserve a promotion, or whether you’re trying to co…
The one thing professional managers need most today is the freedom to do what they are trained to do.
