• Bounce Back and Overcome Setbacks

    The long-term consequences of an event (good or bad) are determined largely by our reaction to the event. This is good news. While we can’t control whether we experience bad events, we can learn to control our reaction to the events.

  • Rebuilding trust in your team

    Trust is a leader’s most valuable asset. Building it takes time but losing it can happen in an instant. A broken promise, a lapse in judgment, or a careless email can quickly erode trust. When trust is broken, your response is crucial. Be ready to repair and rebuild.

  • How to keep the (team) fire burning

    Are things going well for you and your team? Are your projects humming along? If so, congratulations. Would you like to know how to keep it so?

  • Bounce Back and Overcome Setbacks

    The long-term consequences of an event (good or bad) are determined largely by our reaction to the event. This is good news. While we can’t control whether we experience bad events, we can learn to control our reaction to the events.

  • Rebuilding trust in your team

    Trust is a leader’s most valuable asset. Building it takes time but losing it can happen in an instant. A broken promise, a lapse in judgment, or a careless email can quickly erode trust. When trust is broken, your response is crucial. Be ready to repair and rebuild.

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    Perpetual busyness can propel us through our lives on autopilot, affecting our behavior, decisions, and relationships. When someone asks for my help and I say, “I’d like to help but I don’t have time,” what they hear me saying is, “Helping you is not my priority.” Read on to find out how you can kick the urgency habit.

  • Harnessing the Zeigarnik Effect for Productivity

    Unfinished business—whether it’s an unsolved problem or a draft of an email—has a way of resurfacing at unexpected moments. This is known as the Zeigarnik effect. How can you put the Zeigarnik effect to work for you? Read on to find out.

  • The illusion of effortlessness

    We like performance that looks effortless. Truth is that top performers work hard. They’ve evaluated more business plans, played more scales, sunk more layups, or painted more canvases than the rest of us. They’ve honed their skills through intentional learning and deliberate practice.

  • A Mind to Grow

    Attitude matters. A lot. If you think you can improve with hard work, you can. If you believe performance is limited by talent or physical characteristics, it is. Both are true. Talent matters. Anatomy makes a difference. But with the right attitude, you can overcome the limits of natural ability.

  • Active Constructive Responding

    How do you respond when someone tells you about something good that happened to them? Do you say “That’s great, congratulations!” while hurrying to your next meeting? If so, you are missing opportunities to build your relationships.

  • On Gifts and Giving

    According to Wharton Professor Adam Grant, givers often finish first. Grant’s research shows how givers—people who do more for others than they expect in return—rise in organizations.

  • How to keep the (team) fire burning

    Are things going well for you and your team? Are your projects humming along? If so, congratulations. Would you like to know how to keep it so?

  • Kick the Urgency Habit

    Perpetual busyness can propel us through our lives on autopilot, affecting our behavior, decisions, and relationships. When someone asks for my help and I say, “I’d like to help but I don’t have time,” what they hear me saying is, “Helping you is not my priority.” Read on to find out how you can kick the urgency habit.

  • Harnessing the Zeigarnik Effect for Productivity

    Unfinished business—whether it’s an unsolved problem or a draft of an email—has a way of resurfacing at unexpected moments. This is known as the Zeigarnik effect. How can you put the Zeigarnik effect to work for you? Read on to find out.

  • The illusion of effortlessness

    We like performance that looks effortless. Truth is that top performers work hard. They’ve evaluated more business plans, played more scales, sunk more layups, or painted more canvases than the rest of us. They’ve honed their skills through intentional learning and deliberate practice.

  • A Mind to Grow

    Attitude matters. A lot. If you think you can improve with hard work, you can. If you believe performance is limited by talent or physical characteristics, it is. Both are true. Talent matters. Anatomy makes a difference. But with the right attitude, you can overcome the limits of natural ability.

  • Active Constructive Responding

    How do you respond when someone tells you about something good that happened to them? Do you say “That’s great, congratulations!” while hurrying to your next meeting? If so, you are missing opportunities to build your relationships.