[Note: This post was updated January 2021 for freshness & clarity.] In “Information Overload: Causes, Symptoms and Solutions,” an article...

[NOTE: This post was updated January 2017] Multitasking is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. But it’s important to...

Some of you may have heard that when leaders set high expectations followers rise to meet them. Well, there’s actually a concept called...

In his book, Good Boss, Bad Boss, Robert Sutton talks about a problem many of us see in our workplaces — too much talking and not enough...

[NOTE: This post was updated December 2022 for freshness & clarity, and to remove and replace broken URL links.] Professor Robert Sutton...

In “Fake Work” Peterson & Nielson (2009) contend that “much of the hard work people do for their organization does little to link people...

“Coaching is normally seen as an activity to enhance performance and achievement of goals” (Buckley, 2010, p. 394). When coaches talk...

Note: If you have trouble viewing the video, you can watch it on YouTube. This is a hilarious video (watch his aerobic workouts) produced...

I come across the topic of gender and leadership quite a bit and thought I would share what I found after researching this subject. The...

In “Culture by Default or by Design?” Edmonds and Glaser (2010) talk about the challenge of describing the culture of an organization. In...

In an article titled, “What Really Motivates Workers” in the January-February 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review, Amabile & Kramer...

[NOTE: This post was updated October 2017] When making decisions about whether or not to hire prospective job applicants, interviewers...

[NOTE: This post was updated December 2023 for freshness & accuracy.] Many years ago, while waiting for a show at a nice hotel in Dallas,...

This is part II – Hyperactive Workplace – of a 2-part series on Dr. Robert Holden’s book, “Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons and...