Do you ever feel like you put in a busy 8 to 10 hour day, yet you have nothing to show for it? In my last blog post, I introduced one way to boost your productivity without upping your working …
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In a 2006 Harvard Business Review article, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce wrote that the days of the 40-hour workweek are over and the 60-hour workweek is now commonplace. In their research, the authors found that 62% of …
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Email has been around as a communication tool for a long time. It’s intention was to help us work better together and make our lives easier. For many people, that’s just not the case. But I don’t think it’s the …
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On one of my favorite new blogs, TLNT, Brent Peterson provides some great suggestions from his book for how team leaders can remove the typical barriers to getting real work done. According to Brent, these barriers include:
Earlier this year, I attended an internationally recognized Internet business conference. I was writing the Reinvent column for the Wall Street Journal at the time, so one of my goals was to interview the top thinkers present. Tale of the …
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When I opened my mailbox this morning, I’d received a copy of Chris Guillebeau’s “The Art of Nonconformity.” In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve known Chris for a few years and actually provided a quote of support for the …
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Lately. I’ve been doing a lot of seminars for prospective career changers, and I always ask the audience how many people are using LinkedIn to communicate directly with contacts in their new industries.
