Most workplace urgency is, in reality, the discomfort of waiting.
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Category: Leading A Team
The Cost of Taking Work Too Seriously
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”―Bertrand Russell
Most high performers read it, nod, and go back to treating their work as terribly important. Sometimes, the harder they try, the worse it gets. Not always. But more often than you think, and through a mechanism many people never see.
Continue readingHow you make any conversation productive. Step 0.
Know your goal = Why are you in this conversation?
You can have both productive and unproductive conversations on purpose. For example, if your goal is to hang out, it may not be traditionally productive — but it is productive for that purpose. What matters is knowing why you’re in the conversation to begin with.
Continue readingThe Stress Meter: Evaluate Now With PSS-10 Test
When leaders effectively manage their stress levels, they positively impact others. By doing so, an organization becomes healthier and better equipped to respond to the constantly changing business environment. How stressed are you? What are you transmitting to your team? Use this stress meter to understand this.
Continue readingHow To Handle Interruptions During A Meeting
A colleague of mine, who is a director at a medium-sized business, shared a concern today about being interrupted during the team meeting by some of his managers. As a solution, he chose not to share this feedback for a long time, until just recently, when he addressed it during a one-on-one session. So let’s talk about interruptions during a meeting.
Continue readingEfficiency And Wellbeing: Simple 5 Minute DIY Assessment
It’s usually either efficiency or wellbeing that we try to measure in a team. But what if I told you they only seem independent in the short term? In the long run, they affect each other and your chances of success. If you put efficiency and wellbeing on axes, your team will fall into one of four states. It might be something you’ve felt for a while, but haven’t clearly seen — until now.
Continue readingDo I Need to Hire a Manager?
Does your team need a manager? Why leadership still matters — even in flat, autonomous teams.
Continue readingHow to foster innovation in the workplace
If you want to kick off innovation in your team AND you care about practical real-life doable things, not a theory, this post is for you.
Leader? Speak last and see what happens
As a leader should you speak first or last in a meeting? I see many leaders feel the urge to speak first. Don’t do this, here’s why.
Brainwriting: How To Hear Everyone During Brainstorming
Have you heard about brainwriting? Here is the shortest explanation in one paragraph.
