Personal productivity

Do you and your team feel chronically overwhelmed and reactive?

We've long sensed that spending time in green landscapes soothes and restores us. Now new research reveals that people benefit from simply looking at...

Establishing competitive advantage and creating shareholder value both stem from a common economic framework. The stock market values the long-term productivity...

How to figure it out for yourself — and convince your boss.

Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio recently took away most flexible work arrangements for state government workers, a move that was endorsed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He eliminated the four-day workweek, severely limited telecommuting, and stated that exceptions to a standard 8-to-5 workday are to be made only at management’s discretion. According to a memo […]

It takes more than a home office.

Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, explains how to inspire, motivate, and empower people at all levels to act with accountability.

Helping out feels great...until it doesn't.

Half of leaders fail in their first role.

Give yourself less time, and you'll get more done.

Why would you pay managers big salaries and then ask them to make their own hotel reservations?

To promote accountability, productivity, and shared learning, many organizations create open work environments and gather reams of data on how individuals...

Employers are beginning to realize that they face a nearly invisible but significant drain on productivity: presenteeism, the problem of workers being...

Use these strategies to help you move forward on that work you know you need to do.

You can do it.

Try making peace with the notion that you’ll never be caught up.

Since Coco Chanel unveiled her iconic black dress in Paris in 1926, that little black dress has become a clothing essential in every woman’s wardrobe. In a similar vein I have been working with an international research team for the last decade to discover the essentials of management. This team — from the Harvard Business […]

Artwork: Antony Gormley, Capacitor, 2001. Mild steel tubes: 12 mm (o/d), 5.5 mm (i/d). Mild steel rod: 5 mm x various lengths. Body form: 190 x 48 x 35 cm. Fully extended work: 271 x 242 x 229 cm. The way most of us work isn’t working. Study after study has shown that companies are […]

Productivity isn't about getting more done. It's about what you get done. But for perfectionists, this drive for excellence can be self-sabotaging. Here...

I remember starting a new job abut 10 years ago and being introduced to an employee who was plugging away in his cubicle. As we moved out of earshot, the manager who was showing me around remarked, “Good guy, but a bit of a poet.” “I’m not sure I follow you,” I replied, bristling internally […]