Running on Empty? First, Eliminate the Energy Sinks

Energy always flows from the source to the sink. In your hot water heater, the water is the sink. Eventually, the consumption of hot water is capable of exceeding the capacity of the source. The same applies in our professional and leadership lives. It's essential to identify and eliminate the heat sinks in our daily lives to free capacity to focus on the work that matters. Here are 12 ideas to help you with this important mission:

By |2017-01-15T10:50:29-06:00January 15th, 2017|Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™ Are You Making Time for the Big Topics?

When it comes to the forward-looking issues around talent, team and strategy development, the uncomfortable answer to the question in the headline for this post for just about all of us (myself included) is, “Not enough.” Here are 4 ideas to help you manufacture time for the critical developmental and strategy discussions needed to push your business forward:

By |2016-10-22T17:11:08-05:00August 9th, 2015|Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|0 Comments

Leadership Caffeine™ for the New Week: Creating Time to Get Stuff Done

A number of my last few posts have focused on thinking big, and a wise reader pointed out that with all of the dreaming and visioning he has been doing at my bequest, he’s falling hopelessly behind in his work. Fair point, so grab a cup of something hot, along with a pen and paper, and don’t get too comfortable. After all, who has time to read blog posts all day, when there’s work to be done! This one’s short and sweet! In my opinion, there’s still no substitute for the A, B, C list. It doesn’t matter if you create it on your p.c., on a notepad or on your iphone, just create one and use it to guide where you focus your time. The key is in establishing the proper criteria for prioritizing your tasks.

By |2016-10-22T17:12:11-05:00April 13th, 2009|Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|3 Comments
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