Former mathematics professor turned author, Robert Pool, joins Kevin to discuss what you can do to truly improve a skill set. Whether it’s an instrument, a sport, or how to be a more effective leader to be better requires purposeful practice. The only way to progress is learning about what you are doing wrong and
We’ve all attended meetings that were a big waste of time. There are many ways meetings can go wrong, but as a manager, you can prevent many of those problems. Check your meeting behaviors against the following list, and make changes if you’re guilty of any of these sins: Meeting for the sake of meeting. Don’t
By Wayne Turmel In the spirit of reflection, here are five questions all team leaders should ask themselves at least quarterly. Seriously, set aside an hour, pick up a notepad and a pen, and answer: How are we doing with our milestones and task completion? What’s working and what’s not? Yes, you’re tracking your milestones
by Wayne Turmel I don’t have to break out the latest Gallup poll or some other survey to convince you that meetings, at least most of them, can be a giant waste of time. Whether it’s lack of preparation, unruly participants or some other issue, most meetings fall short. For leaders of virtual employees, the
By Wayne Turmel All managers—heck all people—are worried about making the best use of their time. We try to save minutes here and there, hoping it will result in higher productivity and eventually, less stress. One of the ways we do this is to be very intentional about not wasting time on meetings with anything
By Jaimy Ford Both my husband and I work from home. Both manage projects and people. Me, as a full-time freelancer, and him, as one of a handful of remote workers for a large corporation. This time of year brings a crazy amount of excitement, coupled with a bit of anxiety. Why? Because vacation time
We’ve all walked out of a meeting and thought “Wow, that was a waste of time.” Perhaps the meeting had no clear purpose, the participants strayed off topic or the issues weren’t adequately resolved. It’s incredibly frustrating because it eats up time most of us don’t have. What’s even more frustrating is that those time-wasting experiences
By Wayne Turmel Recently, a statistic has been cropping up that seems like very good news for teleworkers and the companies they work for. But, like all such numbers, there’s more there than meets the eye. First, the good news: teleworkers have been shown to handle individual tasks better and get more done than their
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