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Learning to Lead with Alison Hoagland
"Try starting your day by identifying what you can delegate and then meet with your team.” This is what Alison Hoagland, associate architect at Mackenzie, does each day. The DJC 2018 Phenom winner has learned a lot about how to navigate the challenges many emerging...
Swift and Clean
Samurai warriors are taught to cut swiftly and cleanly. It’s not only the honorable way but it’s also the most humane. The next time you need to deliver bad news or negative feedback, deliver it swiftly and cleanly. Get it over with and start at the end. Doctors don’t...
The Fifteen-Minute Challenge
Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan adheres to the principle that the best way to work is in fifteen-minute increments. That doesn’t seem like an unreasonable challenge, but it is when you consider we check email and texts every few minutes morning and night....
Install a Soft Start
When electric motors first start up, the starting torque can be up to three times higher than when it's fully running. A soft start is a device used to temporarily reduce that load to extend the life of the motor. You can try the same thing when starting your day:...
Time Management: Shrink Resolutions
Resolutions are fun to make. Not so much fun to actually keep. That’s because we get a lot of satisfaction from the very act of making a resolution. It feels like we’ve made a step in the right direction: I’m going to yoga three times a week. I’m not going to work...
Post Your Wins
Take five minutes every week to celebrate your progress. Did you do a draft of a marketing plan you’ve been putting off? Awesome, write it down. Did you set five sales appointments? Talk to your brother in Maine? Personal, business, health, it’s all good. You’ll be...
Time Management: Asleep At The Switch
Becoming a better time manager requires a fundamental shift in where you focus your attention throughout the day. If you’re getting lost in work and forgetting appointments, pay closer attention to what’s happening in the moment. Are you really losing track of time,...
Time Management: The Best 15 Minutes of Your Week
People who don’t plan claim they don’t have the time. But it takes only fifteen minutes to really get organized. Try these two strategies: First, block off Friday afternoons to look at the upcoming week to prioritize your tasks. Friday afternoons are good because...
EQ Beats IQ: Recharge
While we tend to think of how much time we have in a day, we could consider how much energy we have instead. Like time, energy is finite. When we wear ourselves down by constantly working and using our brains, our capacity for critical decision-making and empathetic...
EQ Trumps IQ: Think It Through
When we are upset, the last thing on our minds is making someone else feel good. The emotional part of our brain which controls our fight or flight response gets in the way of us making good choices in our relationships. When we’re triggered, cortisol induces fear and...
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