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Are You Stuck In The Manager’s Dilemma?

A by-product of our “overworked economy” is that it is increasingly easy to inadvertently slip into unproductive habits that make it hard to get great work done. However, one quality that distinguishes the good leaders from the truly great ones is the capacity to recognize and shift those patterns in real-time. Today’s post is by […]



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Is your work life out of balance?

Our reader poll today asks: What best describes the mix of work you do? – I like every bit of my work: 15.18% – I like most of my work but dislike a portion: 70.68% – I like and dislike my work in equal proportions: 6.7% – I dislike most of my work but like […]



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6 Reasons Your Offsites are Terrible

Your offsites and training programs aren’t effective because of a few typical planning mistakes. With a few tweaks and openness to changing your approach, you can run a great offsite. Offsites are a great way to share focused content, build relationships, spend time away from the office discussing key issues, and re-energize your team. More […]



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The Importance of Hiring for Outcomes

By identifying your organization’s critical outcomes, you can find star performers who can consistently produce the desired results for your organization. Today’s post is by Greg Long and Butler Newman, coauthors of The New Game Changers: Driving Performance by Focusing on What Matters (CLICK HERE to get your copy). On June 17, Mike Figliuolo wrote […]



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How well do you set aside time to do things for yourself?

Our reader poll today asks: How well do you set aside time to do things for yourself? – Very well — I regularly carve out time for myself: 15.56% – Well — I carve out some time but could do more: 38.77% – Not well — I don’t often carve out time for myself: 30.12% […]



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How to Keep from Being Thrown Under the Bus

Office politics suck but they’re a fact of life. The risk you face is someone “throwing you under the bus” to protect themselves politically. There are steps you can take to reduce the risk of this happening to you. Office politics can be nasty. People have their own agendas and, unfortunately, those agendas aren’t always […]



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Do you give your team specific guidance or broad guidelines?

Our reader poll today asks: Do you give your team specific guidance or broad guidelines? – I give them very specific guidance: 28.67% – I give them broad guidelines and let them figure it out: 71.33% Set direction and set them loose. We hear a lot about “empowerment” but almost a third of us aren’t […]



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How to Deal With Someone Taking Credit for Your Work

When someone else takes credit for your work, there are four steps you must take: seek clarification, request it be fixed, get mad, then get over it. We’ve all had that experience where we work really hard on something and instead of getting recognized for our contribution, we have to sit there and choke back […]



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How to Resist The Power of the Ding

Our electronic devices ding at us all day long. It feels impossible to resist. But if you can fight the urge to check it, you’ll be happier in the long run. Today’s post is by Deirdre Maloney, author of Bogus Balance: Your Journey to Real Work/ Life Bliss. (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Well […]



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How well does your organization treat clients or customers?

Our reader poll today asks: How well does your organization treat clients or customers? – Extremely well — we take great care of them: 35.17% – Very well — we treat them better than most other companies: 34.88% – Well — we do a decent job but could improve a bit: 25% – Not well […]



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