Jim Collins is an expert in great companies – how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Collins has authored or co-authored six books, two of his best known being Built To Last and Good To Great. Naturally, studying great companies has also allowed him to study their leaders. What …
Bill Kelly, my old boss at Treo Solutions, is one of the top minds in the country when it comes to healthcare design, delivery and economics. It’s one of the reasons 3M Healthcare Information Systems decided to acquire Treo a few years ago. Though Bill was (and still is) often the smartest guy in the …
Author Stephen King knows how to do the work. He has written 54 books. He’s sold more than 350 million copies of those books. In his book “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” he shares his tips and tricks of the trade. He recommends that aspiring writers should read a lot. They should also …
Confidence is a critical element for success in many aspects of our lives. Studies show that confident people tend to enjoy moresuccessful careers and a higher social status. Confident people are clear and decisive. We trust them. We like them. You’ve probably heard about many of the tricks to use to feel moreconfident: power posing, …
Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden won 10 NCAA National Championships in a 12 year period, including an unprecedented seven in a row. Wooden was a gentleman, an inspiring leader, and a scholar on the subject of coaching. It’s no surprise that has also become one of the one most quotable sources on motivation and …
If Sunday nights bum you out, you’re not alone. In a Monster.com job board poll, 76% of respondents reported “really bad” Sunday night blues. Spreadsheets, sales meetings, and presentations aren’t nearly as fun as backyard barbecues, rounds of golf, or taking in a ballgame. There’s a natural sadness that sets in about leaving these fun …
Most of us in business today receive somewhere between 50 and 100 emails every day. So how can you get yours to stand out? Your subject line. Creative email subject lines entice interest. They prompt opens. They get read. No matter your job, no matter your market, if you’re using email, half the challenge is …
Carol Dweck researches the growth mindset — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In her Ted Talk of 2014, she mentions a high school in Chicago that gave students who didn’t pass courses a grade of “Not Yet.” It kept students from thinking the failure was permanent. …
Trust creates joy and a better bottom line. That’s the perfect summary for – and reason to care about – Paul Zak’s HBR article “The Neuroscience of Trust.” Employees in high-trust organizations are more productive, collaborate better with their colleagues, and stay with their employers longer than people working at low-trust companies. They also suffer …
Most of us have more stuff than we need. Our stuff fills our homes, our workplaces, and our brains. It takes time and energy to manage all this stuff. Managing stuff can actually make us miserable. It can be exhausting to tend, store and organize a lot of stuff. Andrew Mellen’s book “Unstuff Your Life: Kick …
