In June I stepped away from the digital world for thirty days. I did a digital detox where I cut out social media, drastically reduced streaming activities (except music) and filled my time with analog activities. Among other reasons, my digital detox is a big part of why I … [Read more...] about I’m Back From a 30 Day Digital Detox
Don’t Let Someone Else Tell Your Story
New leaders have a short amount of time to tell their story. Leaders are brought in under a number of circumstances - sometimes its a simple transition from one job to the next and other times its because something needs to be “fixed.” Regardless the circumstances of your … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Someone Else Tell Your Story
Save Your Sanity This Year
For many of us its goal setting time and that means some of us will get overly ambitious and set close-to-impossible goals for this new year (its possible I have experience in this area). Most of us don’t set these goals because we want to fail. Motivation varies from the … [Read more...] about Save Your Sanity This Year
Why I Write & Speak Outside of Work
A few weeks ago I spoke at Disrupt HR Detroit about how to make work suck less. It was 5 minutes, 20 slides and a little nerve wracking but I left exhilarated - I challenged myself, met new people and learned a lot. Did my company pay me to go there? No Did I work on my slides … [Read more...] about Why I Write & Speak Outside of Work
How Do We Get the Important Work Done?
In our last two posts we talked about how organizations play a big role in helping people focus on the important work; the work that moves organizations forward. However, you, as a leader or individual contributor also play a huge role in your ability to do the important work, … [Read more...] about How Do We Get the Important Work Done?