Down With Deadlines
I’m supposed to finish this article before midnight the Friday after next. There’s no practical difference between providing it an hour or a month early. If it’s late by one minute, my editor ...... Read More
Robby Slaughter
More Screens, More Productivity
Most programs designed to increase workplace productivity require a sizable investment. Companies may need to purchase new capital equipment or send team members to extensive off-site ...... Read More
Networking is Marketing, and It’s More Important Than Ever
We all know we're supposed to network with other professionals. Most of us occasionally muster as much tact as we can and drag ourselves to a mixer or luncheon. Yet in this era of social ...... Read More
Real Professionals Don’t Confirm Appointments
If you are in business, you will meet with other people. Those encounters might be sales calls. You might be talking to vendors or going to lunch with old colleagues. You could be ...... Read More
Never Use Email to Discipline Someone
People make mistakes. Individuals on your team are going to screw things up in every variety imaginable, from forgetting to turn off the coffee machine to failing to order more copy paper, ...... Read More
Working Remotely Isn’t a Benefit, a Privilege, or a Right. It’s a Side-Effect
As more and more employees, contractors, and team members do more and more of their work outside of the traditional job site, a key question for company leaders is the definition of “telecommuting....... Read More
Should You Digitize Your Workflow?
The computer age is everywhere, but lots of us still work on paper. Would we become more productive if we did everything electronically? A feature from CIO magazine not only insists this is necessa...... Read More
Four Radical Productivity Secrets You’ve Never Heard Before
There are plenty of articles online with clickbait titles designed to give you life-altering advice. But most of them only offer vague suggestions you’ve already considered, or worse, aren’t actual...... Read More
Eight Tips For Landing Your Next Promotion
The only way to go is up. Like it or not, the structure of American corporations is one of hierarchy. If you want to make more money, have more opportunities, and do more interesting work, you need...... Read More
Train New Employees So Well, They Are Attractive to Your Competitors
There’s an old adage about employee training. “You can either train employees and risk they leave, or choose not to train them and risk they stay.” The intent of this message is to point out that t...... Read More