We all know meetings are horrible. Lots has been written (including by me) about how to make meetings better. I have a new rule I am...

When I started my career in learning and development, the biggest problem we had was content. We spent a great deal of time, money, and...

One of the best rules for meetings is to only invite people who need to be there. Keep the meeting attendance as low as possible is the...

I hear from many people who are frustrated with all they have to get done during the day. Many times, they will come in with a plan to...

Someone you know (maybe even you) has made a resolution to be more productive this year. Good for you! Hopefully you do better than most...

Burnout has been a topic for as long as I have been in the workplace (and I started before people had email or cell phones). With the...

Employee burnout isn't new - we've been talking about it since the 80's. The topic has taken on renewed importance now with the pandemic....

I have always believed that venting was healthy. It enabled us to get things off our chest and out of our head. Keeping it in was somehow...

On the pet peeve list is the phrase "work/life balance". There is no such thing. It's simple - there is life and then a small part of it...

I've decided to experiment with a new productivity concept called Time Boxing. It isn't totally new, as I think I've been doing that to a...

One of the great habits I learned from studying Getting Things Done (GTD) was the idea of taking notes. I'm not talking about note taking...

If you are one of the many people who are being called back to the office - either full time or in some new hybrid environment, you need...

I admit, I am something of a productivity system junkie. If there is a paper, electronic, or mind-based system for being organized, I've...

More and more studies are giving us information on the effects of productivity with the work-from-home (WFH) situation during the...

I am not an expert when it comes to agile project management, however, I have read a bit about it and there is one thing I like. NOTE: If...

I was never a good student when it came to math. Words came easier to me than numbers. I vividly remember one time I was younger,...

When I talk with people about my manager development program, I get a great deal of encouragement. The most common phrase I hear is "That...

I fully believe that the pandemic, while a horrible thing in terms of lives lost and damage to society and the economy, can end up with...

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Tom Peters in one of my business idols. When he says something, I listen. Recently he tweeted something that challenged me and made me...