The real cost of task switching

The real cost of task switching

I’m a closet multi-tasker. I secretly pride myself on being able to nimbly switch from one task to the next. In fact, I find it very unnerving to start a task and stick with it for a long period of time (more than 45 minutes) without checking email, staging a...
The best way to think great thoughts

The best way to think great thoughts

You have a problem to solve or a new idea to cook up. What do you do? Pile lots of people in a room and brainstorm, right? Wrong. It turns out that free association in a group uncovers predictable options, not innovative, creative ones. In the presence of others, we...
Losing your high potentials?

Losing your high potentials?

Retaining employees with high potential is essential to the success of your organization. The Center for Creative Leadership’s High-Potential Talent: A View from Inside the Leadership Pipeline defines “high-potential talent as an employee who is assessed...
This could be killing your leadership

This could be killing your leadership

Pat has a problem that she does not acknowledge. Everyone else can see it, but not Pat. In fact, when asked about this issue, she replies that it is part of the job and not impacting her leadership effectiveness. Pat’s problem is stress. More and more, extreme...