Business leaders are always looking for rock star employees who have the skills and potential to grow in their roles and—eventually—take charge. With remote work continuing into 2021, workers will need to be more self-sufficient and proac…
To guide a start-up through a growth cycle, as CEO you have to develop a unique skill—the ability to hold in your mind the vision of where you’re going while you’re guiding the team there with you. At times, I’ve felt I …
If your company released a document with everyone’s compensation, would you be shocked by what you saw? The prospect of compensation transparency can be a powerful litmus test for equal pay in the workplace. When comp planning is fair and unbias…
With the majority of professionals doing their jobs from home for the foreseeable future, we’re all feeling challenged by the lack of routine. When the boundary between work and personal time is so blurry, fitting in a workout can feel harder th…
It has been nine months now since the country, mostly, shut down due to COVID-19. In that time maybe you’ve had socially distanced walks with friends, dined outdoors over the summer, and probably spent way too much time on Zoom. But, despite our…
Have you ever left a meeting with your boss more confused than when you went in? Or perhaps you’ve been the one giving direction to a team member, to find out later they got it totally wrong. What about participating in a Zoom meeting where the …
I love you, readers, but some of you have odd productivity hangups.
Take to-do lists. I’ve written about these apps for over a decade, and I basically hate all of them. I completely understand when someone adds a bunch of tasks to an app, tells …
High-performing teams are high performing for a reason. What they’re able to do—like photograph a black hole or contain a pandemic—is directly connected to the combination of traits that makes up their team chemistry. Their “…
I was on the phone with a colleague last week, going over our year in review. It’s an activity I normally look forward to but which now gave me pause as I recalled the many real struggles we’ve faced as a company since March.
This year ha…
I was on the phone with a colleague last week, going over our year in review. It’s an activity I normally look forward to but which now gave me pause as I recalled the many real struggles we’ve faced as a company since March.
This year ha…
