I spend many of my days with leaders and employees from all over. Of all of the conversations we have, or of all of the side conversations I hear, one topic is most universal. Time. Or more specifically, that they don’t have enough of it. I get that people feel that they have lots to

March Madness is upon us.  People who barely know what a basketball looks like are suddenly talking about basketball, and using all manner of strategies for filling out their brackets. All of this activity brings excitement, but also big concerns for leaders about productivity and focus. What should you do to address these things this week?

Have you ever been in the woods, walking on a trail? If so you know that while you see the trees in front of you it is hard to describe the whole forest. At that moment, the forest for you is the trees – because you just see the trees around you. Patterns, dimension and

It’s Leap Day, that once-every-four-years event that leads people to say things like “You have a whole extra day, how do you plan to use it?” Sounds nice, but wouldn’t you rather get a little time every day, for the rest of your life, than a random added day every four years (a day that,

This week’s Resource Recommendation is Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More by Jason W. Womack. Who wouldn’t want their best to get better? I suppose if they wouldn’t, they wouldn’t pick up this book (or likely be reading these words). If you are a person who wants to achieve more, have

It happens all over the world, every day. Josie is a great performer. She is very good at her technical expertise, and for that she is rewarded with a promotion. Her supervisor calls her into her office and gives her the good news. Congratulations Josie, you are now the supervisor! Excited, perhaps surprised, and maybe

This week’s Resource Recommendation is The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley. Read the newspapers and magazines of the past and you would read of experts touting large scale famine and unconquerable problems of all sorts. Read your favorite news source or watch the TV news today and you will find the same