What is lack of organization costing you?
According to The Wall Street Journal, the average worker wastes about an hour a day looking for missing information in messy desks and files.
That’s 20 hours a month, or six working weeks a year lost to disorganization. Said another way, if you got more organized, you could take read more...
How comfortable are you with uncertainty? If you’re like most of us, you probably find it easier to function when things are settled.
Here’s a quick quiz to test your tolerance for uncertainty. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means no problem and 5 means my palms start read more...
Do clothes make the man? Or in this case, the woman?
We can talk all day about how brains and work ethic are more important than looks and fashion. But humans are visual creatures by nature. Like it or not, we make instant assessments of people based on what they’re wearing.
It’s not just read more...
You’re sooo special.
You’re the best little soccer player out there, and to show you just how special you are, we’re going to give you a huge trophy.
Of course, we’re also going to give one to everybody else on the team. It doesn’t matter whether they played or not, whether the read more...
Can a single conversation ruin your business? Or end your marriage?
Author and leadership expert Susan Scott says, “While no single conversation is guaranteed to change the trajectory of a career, a company, a relationship or a life – any conversation can.”
Scott, the author of Fierce Conversations, writes, “Our lives succeed or fail gradually, then suddenly, read more...
Why do people of the opposite sex act so weird at work?
Anyone who works in an environment where their sex is in the minority knows that men and women are different. Actually, anyone who’s ever gone to school, ridden a bus, dated, read a Facebook page, been married, raised kids read more...
Please join me for a free webinar series:Growing Your Business (without giving up your life)
Starting JUNE 24
We’ll cover:
Networking – How to generate leads, when you don’t have time to get out into the community
Motivation- How to get your employees engaged, when you can’t afford raises
Organization – Streamlining your read more...
When we think about great parents, we tend to use words like loving, nurturing and kind. Yet when describing high performing bosses, we’re more likely to talk about being decisive, tough and directive.
Parenting, especially mothering, is viewed as soft and sweet, while leadership is firm and aggressive.
Yet in reality, read more...
Can you give a great presentation if you have a messy office?
Can you be a fabulous parent with laundry strewn all over the house?
On the one hand, it might seem like you’re too busy doing your “job” to worry about little details like filing or cleaning out the fridge. But after read more...
People are weird about love.
Everybody wants to be loved, but nobody wants to talk about it.
We’ll tell a stranger how much we love our iPod. Yet we find it difficult to look into the eyes of our parent, spouse or child and proclaim the same read more...
