But how do you ask a question that is engaging, aims to solve a problem, and keeps the conversation going?
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First, our cognitive abilities don’t remain static over the course of a day. During the 16 or so hours we’re awake, they change—often in a regular, foreseeable manner. We are smarter, faster and more creative in some parts of the day than others.
Second, these daily fluctuations can be extreme. “The performance change between the daily high point and the daily low point can be equivalent to the effect on performance of drinking the legal limit of alcohol,”
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We’re lacking in basic communications skills more than any other skill in the U.S. …
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If you’re a leader, before you issue instructions or hand out tasks, take the time to think through what you actually want to achieve.
What is the intent behind the work you want done? What is the outcome you desire? Does it matter how your team attacks it?
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After examining their product successes and failures they have distilled their process down to three questions:
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It takes a little grunt work at the beginning, but after the initial setup, you can automatically add new contacts to your list as they come. But first, let’s compile your existing contacts into one, centralized location.
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You are often your own worst enemy. It starts with the words out of your mouth and the voices in your head.
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Most people I know who suffer from high levels of burnout, stress, and anxiety have one thing in common… They compare themselves forwards instead of backwards. What do I mean by this?
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The team doing the work, not just managing the work, should be the author and owner of the project budget, said Meghan Glasgow, a senior manager at Deloitte Digital. “You want to be sure budgets are done by the workers, not to the workers,” Glasgow said.
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This system was and is completely flexible and applicable to any business. You can add, remove, or even shift around any phase of the hiring process and you’ll be able to take candidate through a hiring, on-boarding, and training process…
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As a new manager, it’s also critical to share the WHY behind your vision, priorities, expectations, feedback, or requests. Don’t dilute your message. Instead, make it more powerful by sharing more about the context.
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I always check for two things after I hire. One is ambition and the other is humility. We also ensure that we treat our part-time folks just the way we treat full-time employees. Also, before we hire someone full-time, we generally work on projects together.” …
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As a leader, you have more power than you think. You will get more of what you focus on. Next time you walk into a meeting, consider, How do I want people to feel when the meeting is over? Begin with the end in mind.
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It’s not any fun, but it goes with the territory. And your job in the midst of all this criticism is to keep your head clear and not respond in anger.
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