Workplace Meetings and 3.5 Ways They Are Hell on Earth
Posted on29 Feb 2016
Tagscommunication, efficiencies, leadership, management, productivity, time, meetings, meetings as hell analogy
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Workplace meetings are one of the big three time wasters in business. They hurt productivity. They are more than that though. They... Read More
Who Are the Always Late Personality Types?
Posted on13 Jul 2015
Tagshealth, multi-tasking, optimism, Personality, procrastination, Real-time personality assessment, time, meetings, Real-time Personality Assessment Series
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Lateness to meetings costs money. This adds to the waste for which most meetings are known. Lateness has many reasons. They include... Read More
Always in a Hurry Says Something About the Person
Time is relative. Einstein told us so. If we are always in a hurry, it might be more than just not having... Read More
Reducing Emails Excellent Leadership
Emails are one of the three biggest time wasters in business. Reducing emails though is simple and cheap. It begins and ends... Read More
Problematic Personality Types in Meetings
Posted on25 Sep 2014
Tagsconfidence, anchoring, extrovert, meetings, alpha personalities, Alexander Bolinger, University of Utah, Bryan Bonner, Jay Eskenazi, UX Magazine, Pennsylvania State University, time, team building, Personality, Performance, motivation, management, Harvard Business Review
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Meetings are one of the big three time wasters in the workplace. One reason, they easily get off track. Agendas help but... Read More
Wasting Time Not Making Decisions
Posted on15 Sep 2014
Tagsinformation, change management, complexity, decisions, time, uncertainty, over thinking, volatility, ambiguity, indecisiveness
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An executive expressed pride in his people’s efficient execution of an initiative, “Everyone came together as a team and got this done... Read More
The “Big Three” Time Wasters in Business
Posted on28 Aug 2014
TagsThe Economist, documentation, Bain & Company, meetings, Bloomberg Businessweek, time, technology, McKinsey & Company, management, Harvard Business Review, email, efficiencies
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The big three time wasters in business are emails, meetings and white tape, companies’ internal bureaucracies. All three aren’t new to most;... Read More
Promoting Honesty to Those Not Valuing It
Posted on30 Jan 2014
Tagscompliments, organizational culture, email, face-to-face interactions, honesty, management by email, money, patience, pressure, Thank You, time, word choice, time vs money
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A Twitter connection posed this question in response to my post “Lying About Honesty.” It dealt with promoting honesty in the workplace:... Read More
Honest Time, Dishonest Money
Posted on27 Jan 2014
Tagsorganizational culture, honesty, incentives, Influence, leadership, management, money, motivation, phraseology, positioning, The Economist, time, word choice, Cassie Mogilner, time vs money, commissions, banking
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Dozens of studies have indeed shown that people primed to think about money before an experiment are more likely to lie, cheat... Read More
Eight Alerts Help Us Anticipate Problems
Posted on21 Oct 2013
Tagsorganizational culture, information technology, leadership, money, perspective, problem solving, risk, sales, team building, time, Why Problems Occur Series
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People tend to solve problems within the constraints of their strengths and preferences, thus IT professionals are likely to see IT solutions,... Read More
