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Achieving Digital Maturity: The Transformative Characteristics of Digitally Mature Organizations
If you’ve heard me speak, you’ve heard me say the term “digital transformation.” It’s more than a buzzword; it’s the historic period we are currently experiencing. Digital transformation is creating a revolution in business, industry, and daily life. We are…
Fast Casual Summit: Why being different is better for your brand
This article by Shelly Whitehead was first published on Fast Casual on Oct. 11, 2016. Be different. It’s not something you hear a lot. In fact, most of us are taught from a very young age that it’s better to tone…
It’s No Joke! Humor Positively Impacts Performance
Dr. Tony Alessandra
Posted in Dr. Tony Alessandra, Health & Wellness, Peak Performance, Stress Management/Life Balance, Uncategorized
It seems like every day, a new workplace study finds that suppressing employee individuality is counterproductive. Organizations that encourage their employees’ humor and eccentricities do better than their competitors. Is this because people are more relaxed and comfortable working somewhere…
3 Enemies of Focus in the Workplace and How to Defeat Them
Dr. Tasha Eurich
Posted in Dr. Tasha Eurich, Leadership/Management, Peak Performance, Stress Management/Life Balance, Uncategorized
Between the distractions all around and our own shriveled attention spans, it is remarkable we get anything done. Aristotle once said, “The end of labor is to gain leisure.” Yet most busy leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals have – at best — ambivalent feelings…
Back to the Future…of Happiness
Recently, my husband and I decided to show our three daughters (ages 9, 6, and 3) the classic movie Back to the Future. Of course, my kids were immediately enthralled, but my youngest had a few key questions like, Mommy,…
Having a Bad Day at Work? Focus on Solutions
This article by Jenny Che was first published on The Huffington Post. Michelle Gielan is a big fan of positive thinking. A former journalist for CBS News, Gielan believes that focusing on good news goes much further than harping on…
Why Working More Is Making You Less Productive
Your downtime is more precious than you think. You could be much more efficient, productive and happy if you changed the way you view the hours in your day. Many of the business leaders and Harvard students I work with…
How NOT Unplugging from Technology Saved a Vacation
This article by Sara Tsoodle was originally published at Future Point of View, Scott Klososky’s consulting firm. Having just experienced one of the more disappointing vacations in my adult life, I must ponder how technology rescued my week in certain respects. My…
10 Creative Ways to Apply Personal Branding
You only have 9-seconds to make a meaningful first impression in-person or on the phone. How much time do you have in the virtual world to make your introduction? Your Personal Brand is your key to standing out in 9…
7 Ways To Transform Your Leadership
There are few things more frustrating in business than poor, weak or misguided leadership. Show me a business with poor leadership and I will show you a business that is dysfunctional, inefficient, and struggling to keep its head above water. When…
How Being Mindful Can Up Your Brainpower
Dr. Tony Alessandra
Posted in Dr. Tony Alessandra, Health & Wellness, Peak Performance, Uncategorized
The topic of mindfulness has become an increasingly popular subject among self-improvement enthusiasts and life coaching gurus. Instead of discussing this concept in the abstract, Dr. Tony writes about the nuts’n’bolts of mindfulness. What is it? How do I use…
How to Transform Organizations Successfully
How do you know how to transform a business if you were born on an Iowa farm? That was the key…the Iowa farm, a foundation. I learned from my Parents the value of: integrity, honesty, family, team work and helping…
Seeking Feedback: 3 Unicorn Hacks to Learn the Truth About Yourself
It was a beautiful spring afternoon on the East Coast. I had just finished a keynote for a client, and to say that I was in a hurry would be a slight understatement. With an alarmingly small window of time…
Tagged with: Feedback, how to receive feedback, performance feedback, seeking feedback, tasha eurich
Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure
Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan
Posted in Health & Wellness, Michelle Gielan, Peak Performance, Shawn Achor, Uncategorized
As constant travelers and parents of a 2-year-old, we sometimes fantasize about how much work we can do when one of us gets on a plane, undistracted by phones, friends, and Finding Nemo. We race to get all our ground work done:…
4 Tips to Create Strong Passwords
This article by Corey White was originally published at Future Point of View, Scott Klososky’s consulting firm. Recent massive data dumps display the essential need for password hygiene The nearly irrelevant social site MySpace found itself on the collective tongues of the…
Tagged with: cybersecurity, data, Future Point of View, hacking, password security, passwords, Scott Klososky
Is technology good or bad for us?
Amy Blankson
Posted in Amy Blankson, Health & Wellness, Social Technology/Social Media, Stress Management/Life Balance, Technology, Uncategorized
In recent months, I have seen a growing number of posts about how bad technology is for us. Technology is blamed for social isolation, disconnection, and corruption. But I’ve also heard and seen how technology can be used for good…
21 Juicy Ideas for Creating Fascinating Content
Sally Hogshead
Posted in Communication, How to Fascinate, Inspiration, Marketing, Sally Hogshead, Uncategorized
Creativity is a fickle mistress. Especially when creating content. Sometimes, the words flow as fast as the coffee. Other times, well, not so much. It’s easy to create boring content. (Many people do it quite effortlessly.) But if you don’t have a…
Tagged with: content creation, creating content, fascinating content, How to Fascinate, Sally Hogshead
7 Ways Leaders Can Inspire Commitment to Goals
Dr. Nido Qubein
Posted in Communication, Dr. Nido Qubein, Inspiration, Leadership/Management, Nido Qubein, Teamwork, Uncategorized
How to build your dream team and lead them to victory How do great leaders inspire others to commit themselves to their goals? It’s not just that they have charismatic personalities, or that they give a lot of high-energy motivational…
Tagged with: inspire commitment, leadership strategies, Nido Qubein, professional growth, team building
Optimists Are Better at Finding New Jobs
Michelle Gielan
Posted in Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Michelle Gielan, Peak Performance, Positivity, Uncategorized
Given that I’m a happiness researcher, you might think I’d strive to help people eliminate unhappiness in their careers. But unhappiness actually serves a crucial function, signaling the need for change, prompting us to switch companies or fields, or even just motivating…
Tagged with: building optimism, job search, MIchelle Gielan, optimism research, optimists, positive thinking