The balance of unpaid work at home for heterosexual women has never been good. Back in 1965 when time-use surveys first started recording the hours dedicated to childcare and housework, they noted that American women were doing almost all of the unpaid…
Before the pandemic, I traveled around for a year debunking the myth of time management. You know it well: If you’re more vigilant about consciously controlling your time, it will invariably lead to efficiency and productivity.
In one obvious co…
For decades, we’ve commonly believed the further two people were apart physically and organizationally, the lower their estimation of one another was likely to be. Our latest research at VitalSmarts suggests otherwise. The problems with work fro…
How often do you feel like you just don’t have enough time? Despite trying every time management technique and productivity strategy in the book, do you find it impossible to shake the feeling that time is slipping away? This is called time anxi…
Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was America’s first female self-made millionaire. She pioneered a line of haircare and beauty products for people of color early in the 20th century, and the recent Netflix series Self Made details the st…
Over the past months, how you manage your work, connections, and careers has changed dramatically. You’re demonstrating value without being able to see your boss in person. You’re managing your projects despite no central war room, and yo…
Ever made a mistake? Me neither. Obviously.
But hypothetically, were I to make a mistake, I imagine it would prompt terrible thoughts. Things like “How could I do that?”, “Am I going to get fired?”, or (one imagines) “…
The world is currently in the midst of a pandemic where the most useful thing many of us can do is stay at home and keep away from others. Schools, restaurants, office buildings, and movie theaters are closed. Many people are feeling disoriented, disco…
Morale is a fundamental aspect of productivity and employee engagement. Without it, output drops, operation costs increase, and staff turnover racks up. Read More
Sad, wilting desk plants. Film-covered coffee cups. Calendars still turned to March. When I popped into our offices a few weeks back, the abandoned desks were a sobering reminder that we’ve been at this work-from-home experiment for nearly 10 mo…
