Mar 22
A 4-Step Plan to Stop Micromanaging and Preserve Productivity
Managers, listen up: micromanagement kills your team's efficiency and will slowly drive you insane. I've prepared
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Feb 27
Yahoo, Don't Ban Telecommuting: Just Hire Better Managers
I've deliberately waited to weigh in on the Yahoo work-from-home ban; others have covered the story more than
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Jul 27
Summer Fridays and Productivity
Many offices have some form of Summer Fridays, but this ecard from someecards illustrates one pitfall of such an initiative:
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Jul 15
Weekend Reading: Guest Posts 7/9 - 7/13
Each week, I contribute dozens of management articles to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorite
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Jul 10
TED Talk Tuesday: Dan Pink on the Surprising Science of Motivation
In this TED talk, Dan Pink gives a persuasive argument that might make you rethink the way managers should motivate.
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Jun 25
TED Talk Tuesday: Simon Sinek on How Great Leaders Inspire Action
"If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money,"
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Jun 17
5 Tips on Managing and Motivating Millennials
Millennials have often been maligned as being entitled or difficult to manage. Maybe they're just misunderstood. Today'
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May 14
5 Key Insights on Managing the Social Network Generation
Today's must-reads tackle how Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest have shaped the way leaders manage the so-called social network
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May 10
Proactive Management Makes Employee Feedback Dead Simple
Matthew Swyers wrote an excellent piece for Inc. today about why ultimatums don't work in employer-employee relationships, but
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May 09
How Employee Engagement Leads to Productivity
Many managers read all the talk about employee engagement and think that happy employees will automatically level up their productivity;
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Apr 01
Monday Must-Reads: Movie-Inspired Leadership Lessons
You might think that movies are just for entertainment, but today's must-reads prove that there are plenty of
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Mar 21
A French Chef's Management Mantra for Perfection and Productivity
A French chef I once worked with had a management mantra for perfection and productivity that translates beautifully into a
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