Most organizations contain teams – encompassing anything from just a few people to possibly 30 or more! But, have you ever worked for a company where there's a team of just one? I have. In fact, I've been that team of one on several occasions. I currently work as a temporary assistant, meaning that I'm essentially left […]
Creativity, Inclusion, Project Management, Team Management, Time Management
Chris Lewis is the founder of one of the world's largest marketing and communications agencies, LEWIS, and he still serves as its CEO. So creativity in the workplace is his bread and butter. He has given a lot of thought to the conditions in which the best ideas emerge – and he’s discovered that there […]
Are you a conformist or a rebel? I know that "either/or" questions are grossly unfair, and there are certainly many ideal locations between these two extremes, but it's a good place to begin a discussion. So, what will it be, conform or rebel? Kevin Spacey says it depends upon your age: “If you haven't turned […]
Back in the 1990s, Linda Rottenberg was known as "la Chica Loca," the Crazy Girl. This was when she was building her company, Endeavor, which supports entrepreneurs around the world. But far from taking offence, Rottenberg embraced the nickname, reflecting: "If you're not being called crazy, then you're not thinking big enough." Her new book, […]
Have you ever faced a challenge at work and had no idea how you were going to change the situation? I don't know about you, but I detest feeling hopeless or helpless. If I don't have a solution right away, I at least like having a few ideas to play around with. I attended a […]
Someone once asked me to create a presentation using pictures and just two words per slide. That moment would go on to influence my career in a number of surprising ways. The challenge came as part of a presentation skills course. It helped me to realize that slides are often used as a crutch for the presenter. Most people, […]
All Posts, Communication, Creativity, Problem Solving, Project Management, Uncategorized
Sometimes, it seems like group activities or sessions can suck all the life out of a team. What is it about team meetings that can turn a group of individually brilliant and creative people into a silent, uninspired ideas-vacuum? Perhaps people find team meetings too formal and structured. Maybe group dynamics, office politics, or different […]
Depending on how you view it, life is but a series of challenges to be overcome... How we approach and deal with these challenges determines the pattern and quality of our lives. Most of us are pretty adept at handling our challenges – the fact that the human race hasn't petered out […]
Career Skills, Change Management, Communication, Creativity, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Strategy
Are we born with certain abilities or can we acquire them through deliberate practice? Myles Downey has a theory about this nurture/nature question of genius. For him, the debate points directly to a tradition of powerful people seeking to retain their authority. A keen tennis player himself, he explains this with a metaphor from the world […]
All Posts, Career Skills, Creativity, Expert Interview, Uncategorized
Politics and team-building events have one thing in common: they have the power to unite or divide people. Team-building events that are badly planned or poorly executed can do more harm than good. They can cause division and conflict if participants are forced to do things they are uncomfortable doing, or that they simply can't do. On the other […]
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