Leading in Different Times #2: Reinforce Clarity
This is the second in a series of Play notes about leading well during different times such as this one. “This not that. Here not …
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The Expedient Route Often Isn’t
Things done under pressure often backfire. That person we urgently needed to hire, the deal we really needed to make, and the strategy we didn’t …
How To Do What’s Hanging Over You
You know that thing you need to do? The one that’s uncomfortable and hanging over you? We intellectually know that things will be better when …
To Do What’s Easier
Which is easier? Trying to keep track in your head of the ever-increasing pile of stuff to do or learning to write it all down …
One Wee Step
Sometimes all we need is a teeny win. Committing to taking a step in the right direction–even a step that is not in the wrong direction–does …
How Not To Lose Track of Takeaways
In all the busyness, it’s easy to lose track of what we have agreed to do for each other, that is of our takeaways. Here …
Getting It Done
“I have to know or figure it out. Others will judge. I have to make it happen.” Hmmm. “I don’t know how it is going …
Turn Struggle into Flow
Our worries about how something will get done are merely us focusing on what’s wrong. This, we’ve seen, is a great way to prevent progress. …
How to Have Simple and Effective Processes
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. –Albert Einstein Our companies thrive when we have the simplest possible systems, processes, and …
Hafta Versus Gonna
There’s a fundamental flaw that makes all time (or task) management awful. When we think about time management, we make the unwitting assumption that we …