Reading Time: 3 minutesHow many times have you heard “bad news doesn’t get better with age”? One of the most difficult things a leader must do is have tough conversations with co-workers, direct reports, or a boss. Whether it’s counseling someone for poor performance,...
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen we experience information overload, our brains reach their cognitive limit and our decision-making suffers tremendously. Ladies and gentlemen Elvis has left the building. And it has nothing to do with your intelligence. What if I make the...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou need important information from your team members every week, if not every day. But what do you do when these conversations and emails take so much time that it pulls you away from your most important priorities? If you’re like most...
Reading Time: 3 minutes A few years ago I met an aspiring business consultant with all the signs of a rising star. Let’s call her Grace. Grace was leading strategic client engagements and had the undivided attention from most of her colleagues and bosses. But...
Reading Time: 4 minutesI recently spent time working closely with a team of Navy SEALs who confessed they are dealing with a serious problem: email overload. One of the team members went on a short vacation, only to come back to more than 500 emails clogging up his...
