March 16, 2015
What I Learned From Losing a Million Dollars
It’s not often I find myself unable to put down a business book. But this was recently the case with “The Objective Leader,” by Elizabeth…
March 9, 2015
Learn to Love Networking. Really.
I run my own small business and, several years ago, I joined a business group to network with other entrepreneurs in my community. I was…
March 2, 2015
Weekly Lessons in Leadership
I’ve never been a leader of an organization and I’ve always shied away from management roles in my journalism career, preferring to stay “at the…
February 27, 2015
Think Like a Pro…crastinator
I can honestly say that writing this blog is the best part of my job. As an editor, I spend much of my…
February 27, 2015
Regain Your Spark!
Around a year ago, I had dinner with a friend to celebrate her promotion. She’d worked for her organization for more than 10 years,…
February 24, 2015
Creating Influence
Warning: You won’t want to hear what I’m about to tell you. But hang with me, please. I’ll make you feel much better about it…
February 23, 2015
A Scorecard for Growth
Balancing the macro and the micro is an everyday challenge for leaders. It’s certainly your job to keep your eye on the big…
February 20, 2015
Sweet Dreams
I used to be a terrible sleeper. And, if I’m not careful, I could become one again. When I was a student, I had poor…
February 17, 2015
Get Lazy Colleagues to Pull Their Weight!
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where someone in your team is frequently less proactive or busy than you? Every time…
February 16, 2015
Can Improv Make You a Better Leader?
The Second City in Chicago is one of the world’s most famous improvisation troupes, and some of the United States’ greatest comedians started their careers…
February 13, 2015
One Size Doesn’t fit all
Before I joined Mind Tools as an editor in 2012, I worked in book publishing. There are many similarities between more traditional and online publishing,…
February 12, 2015
Motivation – the Agile Way!
Motivation is the art of finding out what “makes people tick,” and applying that to get the best from them. As such, it’s something that…
