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Essentials of Change Management: Five Critical Steps for Greater Project Success

Today’s organizations experience tremendous amounts of change. Whether these changes are prompted by the implementation of emerging technologies, the redesign of major business processes, or even the realization of a new corporate vision, they can, under the right circumstances, be

Posted in Change, Change management, Communication, Implementation, Innovation, Large-scale change, Leader, Leadership, Lessons, Lessons Learned, organizational change, productivity, success, Transition, Transition Management Tagged with: , , , ,

The Pros & Cons of Virtual Teaming – Part II: The Pros

Creating a high-performing team that can achieve its strategic objectives can be quite challenging. Creating a high-performing virtual team that can achieve its strategic objectives is, unfortunately, still proving to be nearly impossible for many business leaders! I recently led

Posted in Business Benefits, Corporate Objectives, Cost Savings, Face-to-Face, Face-to-Face Meetings, Follow-the-Sun, High Performing Team, Operating Expenses, Performance Incentives, productivity, recognition, Recognition Programs, Rewards, Team, Team Performance, Telecommute, Telecommuting, Virtual Team Members, Virtual Teaming, Virtual Teams, Virtual Teamwork, Virtual Workplace, Vision Tagged with: , , , , ,

How Addictive is Your Cell Phone?

Earlier this year, I attended a keynote presentation delivered by Simon Sinek. While Sinek released the book “Start With Why” in 2009, he may be most known for his TED talk “How Great Leaders Inspire Action“, which is one of

Posted in Addiction, Cell Phone, Dopamine, E-mail, Human Body, productivity, Simon Sinek, TED Talk, Vistage

Productivity Management: Always Prioritizing from Strategy to Tactics

Many, if not all, of us get wrapped up in our day-to-day activities from time to time. “There’s so much to do. I’ll never get it all done!” is a story I tell myself much of the time. Amazingly, I

Posted in Intentions, Mission Control, Priorities, Priority Management, productivity, productivity management, Strategy, Tactics, Time Managment

The Myth of Multi-Tasking: Learning to Reprioritize and Just Say “No”

Remember when you were young and it was a challenge to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time?  Remember how after some practice you’d be able to clumsily perform this feat for a minute or two? 

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Taking a Break to Recharge: An Organizational Imperative for a Sustainable Future

Summer has quickly come and gone again, so it must be time to dig in and get back to work, right?  Wrong! In today’s fast-paced, ever-changing business environment, business leaders must continually make “getting away” an organizational imperative to ensure

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