I woke up this morning with this question emblazoned in my mind. When? Perhaps it is because I feel like there are a number of projects I’m not making progress on, perhaps it is because I feel that recently I’ve not been leading my team as effectively as I could be, perhaps it is because [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation is 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More By Stever Robbins People ask me all the time, “what is the best new time management book out there?” My flippant response is typically, “read the one you already have on your shelf, and use what it recommends.” I think this book’s [...]
Every leader I talk to tells me they are busy. Heck, it isn’t just leaders, it seems to be everyone. Too much to do, too little time, or so we think (and therefore say). While most lament about finding time for important projects and bigger tasks, when they look at the calendar, large blocks of [...]
Every leader I talk with, coach or train tell me the same thing. They all tell me they have lots to do – more than they did six months or a year ago, with no end in sight. I could write a post about the factors that lead that to be true, but that isn’t this post. [...]
Yesterday I read an interesting and practical post by Jo Owen called Seven Leadership Traits that the Gurus Don’t Tell You. While written from a C-level perspective it contains some useful thoughts for all leaders and I encourage you to read it. It became the jumping off point for about two pages of notes and [...]
Last weekend my wife and I were at a conference in Cleveland. As I walked through the hotel, I noticed a pair of shoe shine chairs – with no one to do any shining. Later in the day I noticed the chairs still unmanned. Then I looked up and saw the sign above the chairs. Since [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation – The Myth of Multitasking by Dave Crenshaw Normally I can tell you how a book makes it onto my reading list – it was personally recommended to me, I know the author, I read a review, or in some cases a copy was sent to me by a publicist or [...]