In an earlier article on Communications, I wrote about the speed of response and what impact the communication method you choose can have: How quickly does your message need to be sent out…
“They’re really tough to work with, they have a huge ego.” How often have you heard this in the workplace? Ego tends to get a bit of a bad rap. Ego is that…
I once moderated a panel on creativity where a well-known writer asserted that you absolutely couldn’t apply a productivity methodology to creativity. I disagreed, but at the same time I could guess what…
In a perfect world everyone would keep their agreements and get their work done on time. There would be therefore no reason to track anyone else’s agreements. Unfortunately, we don’t live in that…
Some people live in email, others in text or chat, and still others insist on having face to face conversations. All three have their advantages and disadvantages, and it’s also good to know…
It’s easy to assume that the good, smart, people are the ones just like you, they act like you and they think like you, but there’s a tremendous value to having a diversity…
When team members are unclear if they can make decisions on their own, they default into either calling meetings to make sure everyone else is “on board” or sending around emails to attempt…
When communicating purpose, direction and values, team leaders not only have to live them by “walking the walk” but also by repeating them in a variety of communications so the team knows they…
As much as we would like to think that a creative organization can defy the traditional titles of “manager” “director” and “VP”, there’s a reason for delineating roles, and that’s so team members…
Despite the current management and corporate culture trend to boast “We have no titles at this company,” there are actually good reasons to have roles clarified within your organization. The desire to remove…