You missed a deadline. Your team fell short on this quarter’s goal. You didn’t land the deal. Your boss said she was disappointed in your team’s work. They aren’t full-on failures. They’re setbacks. And they suck. But they don’t have to suck the life out of you. You — and your teams — can rebound […]
Bored at Work: 6 Ways to Dump the Slump
For very different reasons, my daughter and I are bored at work. It’s the perfect example of a new leadership concern: Boredom. We’re not alone. TikTok’s #boredatwork has more than 204k videos and a half billion views of bored, creative employees.
Motivated to ‘Meh’? 4 Cures for Burnout
Did you used to feel motivated — and now you’re feeling a bit more “meh” about work? Or maybe you see that motivated-to-meh attitude on your team? It’s an endemic of apathy and disengagement in the workplace
10 Most Loathed Words in the Workplace
Here’s the quintessential problem with buzzwords in the workplace: People might think they sound cool saying idea harvesting and hyper-tasking. But those words — among many more like them — aren’t effective at getting the point across, motivating employees or helping anyone who hears or reads them.
4 Reasons We Don’t Know Our Teams Well Enough
As managers, we know our teams pretty well. But probably not well enough. And that could hurt outcomes.
6 Ways to Be More Productive on Fridays
Why don’t we all get more done on Fridays (or whatever your last day of the workweek is)? Because we’re distracted and error-prone, according to a study from Texas A&M.
5 Tips to Talk About The Weird Things at Work
Age. Health. Politics. Money. We don’t talk about them in the workplace — or at least, we aren’t supposed to talk about them in the workplace. But what if we hit them straight on? What if we talk about the weird things we think we shouldn’t talk about — how much money we make, age, politics and pregnancy?
5 Toxic Bosses — and How To Never Be Them
Ask anyone to tell you about a toxic boss, and you might as well sit down for a while. There are a LOT of stories about bad bosses. And even though good bosses — those like you, of course — outnumber toxic bosses, it’s the bad leaders that employees talk about, remember and curse most often.
7 Things New Managers Must Know (but Seldom Do)
New managers are usually excited, optimistic, determined — and terribly under-prepared. No one wants to be the new manager who fails. Yet, nearly half of them fail at their assigned objectives.
Don’t Say That! 9 Phrases that Kill Collaboration
There are at least nine things you don’t want to say to the group, lest you kill collaborative efforts and put a damper on teamwork. Some phrases sabotage forward movement. Other phrases take the wind out of people’s sails.
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