Analysis for Managers: The Most Important Measure
Analysis for Managers: The Most Important Measure Today’s post is to help you as a leader, manager, entrepreneur, family member and/or individual to perform perhaps the most important analysis of them all. And it begins with a question posed by management scholar and innovation strategist, Clayton Christensen: How will you measure your life? After all is said and done what is truly most important to you? What are your deepest goals and desires? When you look back, what will be your measure of personal success? No doubt, the vast majority would put family, relationships with spouses and...
Read MoreLeadership Series: Conflict
Leadership Series: Conflict Conflict. A word feared by many and a topic avoided by most everyone. But should it be that way? The answer is: NO In fact, conflict is essential to drive results. Now, we’re not talking about yelling at your co-workers or bashing people–but healthy conflict. The kind that is based on trust, engenders commitment and accountability and leads to action. Have you ever heard the saying, “if we both see things the same way, one of us isn’t necessary”? Patrick Lencioni, author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, provides an excellent model...
Read More5 Daily Habits for Success
5 Daily Habits for Success “Motivation gets you started. Habit keeps you going” – Jim Rohn Along with the theme of our most recent post on time management, let’s consider some important habits of successful individuals, suggested by SUCCESS magazine columnist Kimanzi Constable. 1. Successful people plan out their day the night before Without a plan, how can you get where you want to go? Planning is essential to making sure you’re staying on track to doing what you want to do and becoming who you want to be. 2. Successful people read...
Read MoreTime Management
Time Management Time management is truly a fundamental “make or break” in the life of anyone. The wise use of time produces powerful results and the misuse of time can be devastating. Today, we’ll provide some tips on how to manage this invaluable and wasting (constantly diminishing) resource. 1. Roles and Goals The first step in time management is to understand your roles and goals as an individual. Take a minute to write down each of your roles: husband/wife, father/mother, employee, boss, volunteer, student, coach, etc. Experts recommend having no more than...
Read MoreToday’s Tip for Success: Get Some Sleep!
Today’s Tip for Success: Get Some Sleep! Do you ever feel like this guy? Well, you’re not alone. The Gallup Organization reports that roughly 59%of Americans don’t get enough sleep. But what are the consequences? Can’t you just barrel through the day and “tough it out?” Ron Friedman, Harvard Business Review contributor, disagrees. He shares, “Missing sleep worsens your mood, weakens your memory, and harms your decision-making all day long. It scatters your focus, prevents you from thinking flexibly, and makes you more susceptible to...
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