Executive Functions and Leadership, Part 9B
Boosting Drive for more Action Drive is an executive function of the brain. It is a cognitive skill that spurs action. Drive is what makes you work hard, put forth effort and persevere. Drive is...
View ArticleWrite Right, Part 1
The Things We Say Wrong Word Count: 1,435Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. In business, we write A LOT. Text messages. Instant messages. Emails. Posts and comments on social media. Requests for...
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How is that Spelled? Word Count: 1,327Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. Dash off an email to a client. Tap out a quick text message to a colleague. Jot down some notes in Messenger and send it to a direct...
View ArticleThe True Measure of Greatness is Achievement, Part 1
Word Count: 1,584Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. Some measure greatness in height and weight, but great people are never so tall as when they bend their knees to help lift someone who has fallen. Some...
View ArticleThe True Measure of Greatness is Achievement, Part 2
How does one achieve professional greatness? If we look to history to see who is deemed “a great person,” it’s clear that those who earned that title were those who did significant things that made...
View ArticleBuilding Your Own Pyramid of Success, Part 1
Word Count: 1,376Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. In the world of sports, John Robert Wooden is considered one of the greatest NCAA basketball head coaches of all time. Nicknamed the “Wizard of...
View ArticleBuilding Your Own Pyramid of Success, Part 2
Word Count: 1,217Estimated Read Time: 5 Min. Some people spend a lifetime talking about success. Others go on to achieve it. John Robert Wooden did both. Considered one of the greatest NCAA...
View ArticleSynergy: The Superpower of Successful Companies, Part 1
Word Count: 1,559Estimated Read Time: 5 Min. Greek philosophers held the belief that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” This is, in fact, the underlying premise of synergy. In fact,...
View ArticleSynergy: The Superpower of Successful Companies, Part 2
Word Count: 1,465Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. For business, synergy is a team amplifier. Instead of 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5. Synergy makes 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 10 or 15 or 20 or 50. It happens when all...
View ArticleSuper-Powering the Decision-Making Process with Decision Intelligence
Word Count: 1,318Estimated Read Time: 5 Min. Businesses have so many options, choices and models from which to choose when it comes to strategies, software, systems, processes, and approaches. As a...
View ArticleWhy Redundancy is Good for Business
Word Count: 1,751Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. Getting rid of things that are “no longer needed or useful” is what administrators, accountants and consultants are constantly trying to do. They point...
View ArticleThe Art of Conversation: Why Business Conversations are Fraught with...
Word Count: 1,332Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. You talk a lot. Don’t worry, it’s not just you. People talk a lot, regardless of gender. That’s a scientific fact. James Pennebaker, the chairperson...
View ArticleThe Art of Conversation: Why Business Conversations are Fraught with...
Word Count: 1,406Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. Communication is fraught with misunderstandings, misfires, miscommunications and mishaps. It’s akin to the Abbot and Costello radio comedy skit from...
View ArticleThe Art of Conversation: Why Business Conversations are Fraught with...
Word Count: 1,823Estimated Read Time: 7 ½ Min. Abraham Lincoln. Winston Churchill. Martin Luther King, Jr. John F. Kennedy, Jr. Maya Angelou. Ronald Reagan. Nelson Mandela. Susan B. Anthony....
View ArticleEvery Business needs a Strong Online Presence
Word Count: 1,893Estimated Read Time: 7 ½ Min. E-Commerce businesses have a strong online presence. They have to. The Internet is their marketplace. They must have a robust website, strong SEO,...
View ArticleWhy the Hardest Thing in Life to Achieve is Balance
Word Count: 1,711Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. People have a tendency to go to extremes in their pursuits. If a little is good, more is better. Or if a little is difficult, then the least possible is...
View ArticleWhy the Hardest Thing in Life to Achieve is Balance, Part 2
Word Count: 1,431Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. There is so much talk about achieving and maintaining balance in life. And it sounds like something that should be easy to achieve. Just find and stick...
View ArticleBias in the Hiring Process, Part 1
Word Count: 1,391Estimated Read Time: 5 ½ Min. In business, bias is the four-letter word that is truly offensive. By definition, bias implies prejudice that is in favor of or against one thing,...
View ArticleBias in the Hiring Process, Part 2
Word Count: 1,894Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. Confirmation Bias in Hiring is Insidious to Spot, Difficult to Combat and Bad for Business Bias plays a major role in hiring practices, albeit an often...
View ArticleBias in the Hiring Process, Part 3
Word Count: 1,680Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ Min. Affect Heuristics Bias – When Emotions Lead the Way In the workplace, unconscious biases — the ones we have but don’t know we have because they are...
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