Get More Done – Interrupt Your Interruptions
Constant interruptions reduce focus and effectiveness. Learn how the human brain handles interruptions (poorly) and how to work more effectively by stemming their flow.
Constant interruptions reduce focus and effectiveness. Learn how the human brain handles interruptions (poorly) and how to work more effectively by stemming their flow.
For any business, it is vital that your employees are as productive as possible. An increase in productivity within your workforce can significantly impact your business. Whether you have a small business or a large one, each person within your company is an integral cog to help your business grow and develop. In order to…
In the last year, many businesses have suffered financial setbacks, and this has been because of the pandemic situation. Some businesses have been able to thrive through the pandemic, while others have not been so fortunate. For those who have taken a hit, there are steps they can take. These steps can also be taken…
Did you know that Facebook gets an average of four billion video views per day? This shows why Facebook is such a vital platform when it comes to marketing your business successfully in the current day and age. If your Facebook videos are failing to make the impression you had hoped for, it could be…
Any individual gifted with the entrepreneurial spirit can launch their original and unique businesses. They can succeed with their task even by going around the conventional method of going into business school. Almost every successful CEO with established world-famous companies has never attended college yet are the most knowledgeable persons in the business realm. Start…
If you are reliant on customers in your local community, you don’t want to do anything that alienates them. Quite the opposite, in fact, as you need to garner their support. When you have them on your side, you will: Improve your reputation Win new customers Make more sales Increase your profits What’s not to…
Are you a small business owner who loves studying a spreadsheet? Probably not. Your business’s books are a way to tell how well you are performing, but if you’re not really a numbers person, doing your bookkeeping may sound pretty unappealing. Many business owners have good intentions of keeping up with the business finances but…
It is a common refrain across every industry and every size organization today. In addition to, “I am having trouble finding the right people or any people in some cases! And once we get them, keeping them is harder than ever.” There are a lot of innovative ways to address the shrinking labor pool and…
Constant interruptions reduce focus and effectiveness. Learn how the human brain handles interruptions (poorly) and how to work more effectively by stemming their flow.
And we can create whole new pathways, new structures and frameworks constantly. This neuroplasticity requires the crucial ingredients of time and intention. Typically in unexpected change, we go through various phases including: Shock | a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience | “What is this?” Denial | looking for evidence it is not…
Source The world is changing at an ever-increasing pace, and so should your company. In order to remain competitive, you need to keep pace by hiring writers that will spek the language of your consumers. By investing in bilingual employees who are able to speak and understand the changing trends you are enabling your content…
Want your organization to win in 2022? Start by practicing these winning habits.
Many acronyms are negative and self-inhibiting. They stop us from pondering possibilities or alternatives. Here’s one that will switch your thinking from negative to positive.
Your #1 job as a leader is to create a compelling vision of winning
Curiosity: a strong desire to know or learn something
Your employees are making decisions right now. How do they now the best ones if they don’t know the business of your business?
To make this a reality, leaders need to develop transparent thinking in themselves and their team members.
Roger Bannister set out to become the first athlete to break the four-minute mile. “Experts” told him it was impossible. Some even suggested he was risking death; doctors told him his heart would explode! Not only did Bannister not die, but the week after he broke the barrier another runner followed in his footsteps,…
No doubt 2020 was a challenging year in so many ways. Whether you were busier than you ever dreamed because market conditions changed in your favor, or you were shut down, had supply chains completely disrupted, or found your customers were negatively impacted, 2020 tested us at work. And that doesn’t even begin to cover…
Effective business management requires balancing the big picture with the details.
Today’s uncertain and volatile business landscape calls for new ways of thinking and working. So why do most companies attempt to solve problems and manage massive change in the wrong manner? A lot of it has to do with the way the human brain works. Our brains love certainty and predictability. So when faced with…
Individual and organizational brains in constant, unexpected change If you are like many, you were certain in April that by June we would see a settling in to the ‘new normal’. And then in May, once again, many of us were sure that by the end of June, our norms would be reset, and we…
During times of uncertainty, human beings seek community and safety, and many find it in the workplace. Work typically provides a much-needed sense of stability and control over at least one aspect of our lives when everything else has gone topsy-turvy. Yet, millions of people have lost their jobs, either temporarily or permanently, due to…
Why is it so hard to keep up with the pace of change these days? Some ascribe it to the overwhelming amount of information we try to process every day. Others point to the rapid pace of change. Both are partly to blame. But the primary reason is our brains were not constructed to work…
The human brain is an amazing tool. But there’s one thing it doesn’t handle very well – change. Especially change of the magnitude brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nobody saw this virus coming, but it has turned our world upside down. Our challenge as leaders is how we respond to it – a task…