Boredom at Work: How Prone are You?
Boredom at work isn’t just wasteful, it’s stressful. As a manager, or a leader developing managers, it’s important to understand boredom and how it affects you
Boredom at work isn’t just wasteful, it’s stressful. As a manager, or a leader developing managers, it’s important to understand boredom and how it affects you
Let me ask you this: Does your organization do a really good job of growing better leaders? The increasingly complex and chaotic marketplace poses an
In my last post, I talked about research from brain science psychiatrist Dr. Edward Hallowell. In his book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the
I’ve been very impressed with a couple of books about improv comedy and how people are using the rules of improv comedy to improve conversation
How good are you at promoting creative insights among your team? What are you doing to prepare for the next five years? In the work
The ability to ask creative questions has sparked innumerable inventions. Questions asked in the right way leads to breakthrough thinking and disruptive innovations, such as
In reading Dr. Hallowell’s book Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People (Harvard Business Press, 2011), his third and fourth items
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Each summer, I receive more than one hundred new graduate HR students across a couple of sections of the Labor Issues and Conflict Management course
Whether you’re giving difficult feedback to an employee, approaching your supervisor with a problem, or having an uncomfortable conversation with a peer — handling difficult
Imagine a workplace where people are scared to voice their opinions, where the fear of failure is so intense it paralyzes action. Such a work
The term “glass ceiling” evokes an image of an invisible, yet unbreakable, barrier that prevents women from advancing to higher levels of leadership, especially in