Managing yourself

You'll need four key elements.

I was moving as fast as I could and not getting anywhere, a feeling I’m well acquainted with. This time, though, it was deliberate: I was on a stationary Spin bicycle. When the towel draped over my handlebars fell to the ground, I tried to stop pedaling and get off. Tried being the operative word. […]

It's not just a bunch of hippy-dippy nonsense.

Focus on the root causes of why you're so busy - not trying to schedule your way out of it.

Sometimes we just need to pause.

One clarifying comment in a coaching conversation can help shift a person's perspective.

Ageism is alive and well in the workplace. In fact, studies show almost 65% of workers say they have experienced age-based discrimination. But even though...

The position, not the person, often determines whether a manager has power.

A confident approach is a useful strategy when dealing with difficult people.

Uncivil behavior at work damages productivity far more than most managers would imagine.

The culture of Japan tends to be outer-directed. Thus, taking care of other people becomes much more central to its value system. This is one reason why Japanese companies tend to look out for the welfare of their employees in such an effective fashion. The impact of this at the national level can be seen […]

How to minimize the drama and keep your team on track.

Do you and your team feel chronically overwhelmed and reactive?

Why failing to give feedback does long-term damage.

“Where on earth is it?” Mark Landstad wondered aloud. He scanned the sea of files in his predecessor’s master folder on the company network one more time. “I know it must be here somewhere!” Walking to the window, Mark gritted his teeth and scratched his face, which felt itchy and hot. He surveyed the crepuscular […]

Denial dogged my travels around the world these past weeks. At a World Economic Forum gathering in Dubai just before Dubai World’s debt problems made headlines, the head Sheikh touted Dubai’s superiority over the West for problems that Dubai had seemingly avoided. But the idle cranes and empty buildings I saw were monuments to denial […]

Five strategies for weathering the ups and downs.

People with certain cognitive conditions may not do well in job interviews-but they may have exactly the talents you need for an open position in your...

We are all familiar with and horrified by the stories that came out of Guyana about the Reverend Jim Jones and the mass suicide that occurred at Jonestown. After the dust had settled, everyone wanted to know how so many people could have believed in one person so completely that they would commit suicide to […]

Most leaders focus on how employees think and behave—but feelings matter just as much.