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Pursue Excellence
This week’s management tip comes from the wisdom of Deepak Chopra, a renown author and public speaker. “If you focus on success, you’ll have stress…But if you pursue excellence, success will be...
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Step Back!
If you are a team leader or project manager, you are undoubtedly familiar with the pressure to hone in on details, ensure that all moving parts are moving in-sync toward your goal, and that everything...
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The Art of Accountability: Part I
Holding yourself and your team accountable for performance and behavior is a crucial (but often overlooked) aspect of being an effective leader and manager. The first step in holding yourself and...
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The Art of Accountability: Part II
The next step in enforcing an effective system of accountability is to ensure clear communication in the following three areas: Goals and expectations: Set goals and ensure that you’ve achieved buy-in...
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Leadership Tip: Connect Others To The Big Picture
It’s vital to connect your employees to the overarching vision of the organization. Countless leaders set out to accomplish this by posting the corporate mission statement on the wall, or even more...
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Productivity tip: Avoid Information Overload
Can you imagine that there was once a time, long long ago, where you could not get a book-on-demand in under 15 seconds (Kindle) aggregate an unlimited number of blogs onto one page (blog reader)...
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Revitalize your To-Do list
Today’s excellent Harvard Business Review Daily tip provides the two most important tips for making a To Do list your friend and not a dreaded pile of sticky notes. The tip is derived from their useful...
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Coping with Disappointment and Failure
Have you ever lost a major sales opportunity? Ever watch your colleague get the promotion you were dreaming of? Have you ever launched a failed project? How about sounding off something you thought was...
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Support your people
I just spoke with a colleague who left her post today as a VP after roughly 20 years of dedicated service. When I asked why, she explained in one brief sentence, “My boss just didn’t appreciate...
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3 Leadership Tips Inspired From Carol Bartz (Former CEO, Yahoo)
Carol Bartz is now the former CEO of Yahoo, as of two days. While it is undeniable that she inherited a very complex challenge in reviving Yahoo as CEO, there are also some valuable lessons in...
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