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How to Improve Company Culture While Having Fun

Guest Post by Magdalene Hellen Sometimes, going to work is a hassle. We are supposed to love our jobs, but that’s not always the case. Your workers will have days when they seem unmotivated. We all have those days. However, if you allow that attitude to take over your business, you can forget excellence and

What to Do When You are Feeling Overwhelmed

By Kevin Eikenberry As a new supervisor, you have a lot going on that can cause you to start feeling overwhelmed. Have you ever noticed that when you feel overwhelmed, things are coming at you very quickly? The sheer volume of work and decisions is what creates the overwhelm. When you are in that

Are You Aware of What Your Best Really Is?

by Kevin Eikenberry Perhaps it is further proof that a principle is a principle when it becomes more clear and true to you the older you get. If that is true, there can be no doubt that self-awareness is a principle that matters. In order for us to lead at higher levels, indeed in order

Picking Alternatives to Email

by Wayne Turmel New leaders rely on the skills we had as teammates and the habits that made us successful. But what if there’s one thing you did that wasn’t as productive as you thought it was, and now is a great time to change? We’re talking about the over use and abuse of email.

Inventing Fire and Getting People to Use Teams

Humans have a love-hate relationship with technology. We curse the need to be tethered to email and Slack for work while not being able to avoid our personal screens for more than a few minutes at a time. Everyone complains about the tools they have at their disposal, but shudder at the thought of learning

The Remote Work Productivity Paradox

by Kevin Eikenberry Much has been written about the productivity of people working from home, and most of it posits that people have been more productive at home. In talking with hundreds of leaders and team members in virtual learning experiences, I would say that conventional wisdom is correct… but for far less than half

When Are You at Your Best? – Remarkable TV

You might know that I grew up on a farm. And on a farm, you work late into the evening when needed. You see, my Dad was a night person. So it was not uncommon for me to work very late into the evening. Because of this, I grew up thinking I was a night

Saying No with Love – Remarkable TV

The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything. You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life. – Warren Buffett Now who am I to argue with Warren Buffett? I

The Problem with Checklists

As a leader, odds are you keep a lot of running lists. Without them, a lot of us wouldn’t be able to prioritize tasks, remember who is working on which projects, or whether we need to pick up milk before dinner. For those of us who are chronically absent-minded, they can be life savers. But

A Better Way to Think About Productivity

If you are reading this, you care about your productivity. And however productive you are, you probably want to improve. That is a worthy goal. Before we can improve our productivity, we have to know what it is. And many people don’t have a clear picture of productivity. Let’s get clear and work on getting

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