Are you guilty of “phubbing” (i.e., snubbing someone to pay more attention to your phone)? So addicted to your devices and other distractions your face-to-face interactions are superficial? [...]
The U.S. Army Warrior Transition Battalion has an amazing mission, but you couldn’t tell by hearing its leaders and staff explain it. The message was lost in translation and it hurt to hear it.
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 [...]
Think about the last few meetings you attended. How many people were there? Did everyone contribute in a valuable way? Did everyone even talk? Were people on their laptops and, if so, was it to [...]
If you are in a leadership role long enough, the time will come when you have to let someone go. While no one is likely to enjoy the way you fire them, you can spare everyone a lot of trouble by [...]
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 [...]