We’ve all been there. On a conference call, at a sales conference, in a meeting in which someone is communicating a new sales pitch or a new product, or explaining a new corporate initiative or a [...]

How do you regain control when there are so many things competing for your attention? The key to productivity isn’t multitasking – it’s single-minded focus. Productive people know how to focus on [...]

Don't count on your attitude, your people skills, or even the fact that you're 'right' to get you to a win.

Today on the Just Saying podcast, I’m pointing out a problem that confident leaders don’t know they have. In my experience working with CEOs, executives, and military leaders, they tend to [...]

You’ve heard it before: hope isn’t a strategy. A business leader needs to know his or her team is on the same page. But all too often business leaders don’t know – and this leads to big problems [...]

Breaking bad news to a colleague or boss is like death and taxes: you can’t avoid it.  Eventually, we will all face an awkward performance review, have to tell someone they didn’t get the [...]

In this episode of my Just Saying podcast — “Concise Writers are Ruthless Redactors” — I discuss the need to self-edit, a valuable skill for anyone who wants to become a better writer.

If you and your team are ready to reap the benefits of concise, actionable status reports, the free Brief Webinar from The Brief Lab may be for you.

if you’re like most of my clients, your list of priorities is longer than the day ... is long. :) It can be incredibly frustrating when we find ourselves unable to complete important tasks.

You may not consider your employees’ bad communications skills a part of your profit and loss statement, but you should.