Personal Effectiveness
Creating serendipity in the workplace
07 Mar 2022 | Christian Busch
Everyone experiences good or bad luck at some point in their lives. But what if luck isn't as blind as we thought? What if it is something we can cultivate in the workplace and beyond?
Remember those resolutions you made?
04 Feb 2021 | Jurgen Wolff
The chances are that the resolutions you made on Jan 1 are already distant memories. But if you want to avoid making the same resolutions again next year, here’s a simple, four-step process to get you back on track.
How to take expert advice
14 Dec 2020 | Wayne Turmel
You could drive yourself crazy trying to follow every piece of advice you get - and often the experts disagree. So how is a rational person supposed to take all this advice without their heads imploding?
The supremacy of the mediocre
21 Oct 2020 | Rainer Zitelmann
Why are people with ambition who want to achieve something extraordinary and are unwilling to settle for an average existence so often met with hostile suspicion?
Get out of the way!
18 Aug 2020 | Duane Dike
Barriers to productivity are many and varied, but the vast majority of them are by-products of the destructive attitudes and behaviors of leaders.
Reacting vs responding
09 Jul 2020 | Wayne Turmel
Do you interrupt what you're doing to read incoming emails? Do you hit “reply all” when you probably shouldn’t? Too often, we react rather than respond. And that can lead to trouble, especially for managers.
The art of creating positive intentions in the workplace
24 Jun 2019 | Sarah Gornall
Have you ever stopped to take stock of what you are focusing on? In all aspects of our work and life, our focus either holds us back or provides a springboard to success. So use it to create positive intentions for yourself rather than dwelling on the things you don’t want.
The cure for the loneliness of command
18 Mar 2019 | Manfred Kets De Vries
‘It’s lonely at the top’ is an old cliché, but for many top executives, it’s a harsh reality. Too often, though, this loneliness goes unaddressed as executives try instead to keep up a hero facade.
The cure for the loneliness of command
18 Mar 2019 | Manfred Kets De Vries
‘It’s lonely at the top’ is an old cliché, but for many top executives, it’s a harsh reality. Too often, though, this loneliness goes unaddressed as executives try instead to keep up a hero facade.
The key to cultivating agility in decision making
20 Aug 2018 | Marc Le Menestrel
Decision-making excellence requires self-awareness and the ability to choose how to think in different situations. That's why being able to understand different perspectives is such a crucial skill for today’s business leaders.
I think, therefore I feel
25 Jun 2018 | Duane Dike
How many of us have said, “I’ve been so busy today I haven’t even had time to think?” If you haven’t had time to think, you haven’t had time to lead. Leading without thinking is leading into disaster.
Leaders, go away!
02 May 2018 | Duane Dike
Too many bosses fail to understand that every individual thinks and works at different rates or that we all need to distinguish between important and not so important work to operate effectively.
Are you managing your boss?
19 Jan 2018 | Myra White
Your relationship with your boss requires careful management. You need to building a cooperative working relationship and understand their needs and working style if you're going to make it work.
Twelve ways to cure procrastination
16 Jan 2018 | Jurgen Wolff
The number one reason we often fail to achieve what we know in our hearts we could is procrastination. Here are a a variety of approaches to help you confront what can be a complicated beast.
Resolutions and the blame game
01 Jan 2018 | Peter Vajda
This year, as every year, almost everyone who make New Year's resolutions will have given up or failed by Valentine's Day. And that's because we get stuck in a victim mentality that stops us following through on our intentions.
Intelligence?
09 Nov 2017 | Duane Dike
What exactly is intelligence? Is it something measured by an IQ test? Or should we also consider more subtle traits like humor, the ability to figure things out or storytelling?
Confessions of an ENFP lion-otter hybrid
01 Sep 2017 | Wayne Turmel
I have officially taken every personality profile known to man. Other than telling me that I'm an ENFP, Independent-Working Blue-Green Lion-Otter hybrid, the one thing they have in common is unanimous agreement that I DO have a personality.
Why empathy makes for stronger organisations
17 Aug 2017 | Manfred Kets De Vries
The ability of executives to see themselves from the outside and others from the inside, plays an important role in effective team formation.
Why empathy makes for stronger organisations
17 Aug 2017 | Manfred Kets De Vries
The ability of executives to see themselves from the outside and others from the inside, plays an important role in effective team formation.
Quantum physics and quarky behavior
31 Jul 2017 | Kieran Hearty
If you want to understand some of the less acceptable aspects of human nature the answer may lie in quantum physics. And the same ‘quarkiness’ that explains bad behavior can also be used to energize and motivate those around us.