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Time management courses aren’t working—but why?

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Brady Wilson |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Thu, 03/24/2016 - 05:13

Does your organization’s professional development program offer time management courses?

How is that going for you?

If you’re like a lot of businesses, you’re probably footing a rather expensive bill for such training programs, with the expectation that employees will return with skills for working more efficiently and productively.

Unfortunately, if you’re also like a lot of businesses, you’re probably not seeing the greatest of results.

In fact, I’ve talked to many leaders who find that time management training isn’t having any impact.

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One Simple Way that Not Taking Action Will Rock Your Productivity

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Shelley Row |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Mon, 02/29/2016 - 22:51

One Simple Way that Not Taking Action Will Rock Your Productivity

I’m in training. I’m training myself to stop taking action. I know…it sounds crazy but keep reading. Not taking action has made a huge difference in my daily productivity.

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Marissa, ”No Margin No Mission”

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Guest Blogger |
Strategy - Management |
Fri, 02/26/2016 - 20:43

Chas Klivans

The journey of Yahoo has been sad to watch...because it was preventable.

Sometimes our human frailty leads us to get enraptured with our company's 30,000 feet vision. During the consulting engagement to assist the Saint Joseph of Orange’s Board of Directors with their hospital system's five year growth plan; we in the suits were pitching that the system needed to generate a profit, yet the Sisters on the other side of the board table were certain their purpose in life was service to the poor. The talk grew heated, neither side backing down.

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The 5 Selfish, Scared and Stupid Mistakes Entrepreneurs Often Make

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Dan & Kieran |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship |
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 02:14

Entrepreneurs are often touted as brave and visionary. They are admired for the foresight and willingness to change the model. To build better ways. While it is sometimes true it often times is not the case. The pressure of running your own gig leads many entrepreneurs to come from places more human and less heroic than the books like to talk about.

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Be heart smart: using emotional engagement and conversation to energize your workforce

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Brady Wilson |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 06:29

Welcome to the “Feelings Economy”.

You’ve been living in it for some time now: a world where our work and home lives are driven by feelings, not intellect.

What makes this so? According to brain science, it is the emotional side of the brain—not the rational, logical one—that tells us what is true. In other words, people feel before they think. But the emotional brain not only tells us what is true—it tells us what to do. People make decisions for emotional reasons, then justify them with rational reasons.