Some people never learn. Or maybe they just forget everything they’ve learned soon after they’ve learned it. Or maybe they just don’t have an opportunity to practice new skills. Or it could be they have no encouragement, support or resources when it comes to applying these skills in real-life situations. Maybe it’s all of these […]
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People lurch toward the door as another pointless planning meeting finally, mercifully, comes to an end. The meeting leader calls out: “Wait! Before everyone leaves, let’s recap what we’ve decided.” The room goes quiet as people shrug, looking to each other in confusion. One person from the back of the room shouts out what everyone
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The five-member executive leadership team had come prepared to this meeting to make their case to the CEO and board chair as to where the company should invest in AI over the next 6 -18 months. Each one had turned to their own favorite AI tool to generate what they believed would make an irrefutable
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“I’d rather meet with my team member than meet a deadline.” That’s what the senior leader of a Boston-based consulting firm told me when I asked her how she manages to deal with so many competing priorities on any given day. Not all managers can easily make that choice, given the headwinds they’re constantly facing.
Managers Aren’t Obsolete – They’re Underestimated Read More »
In his biting satire A Modest Proposal, author Jonathan Swift suggested that poor people in Ireland could ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to the elite. His satirical hyperbole was meant to mock hostile attitudes towards the poor at the time. Not all were amused by his shocking essay back in 1729, least of all the upper class. In response
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How many emails can I write while “participating” in a weekly review meeting? Which ideas can I repurpose so I don’t have think of new ones? How many calls can I avoid by blasting a group IM? How many minutes can I save by outsourcing dinner prep to the local pizza joint? Yup, for many
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Say you’re the leader of a team of hard-working professionals who work in different locations. It’s crunch time, and pretty much everyone realizes they need to put aside their personal lives for the next few days (or maybe a tad longer) to meet a critical deadline. Trouble is, you discover that while some people are
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