Simple Management Lessons from Small Tax Forms
Blame my accountant’s wall, but I have some strong opinions about the value of simplicity, the epidemic of complexity, and the opportunity we all have to choose one path or the other. For leaders and managers, this is an especially important topic. Because in the world of business, we don’t always get to select the…
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Active Listening and Beyond: 3 Steps toward Effective Communication
Active listening skills aren’t just a nice-to-have. They improve communication, strengthen relationships, boost team performance, spur personal and professional growth, and play a huge role in leadership excellence. Taken further, active listening is not just functional. It’s effective. How so? Anyone who has experienced good listening can understand its power. When someone listens to you well,…
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Should I Retire or Not? 3 Questions to Ask During the Next Retirement Ad
Should I retire or not? This is an increasingly common and important question—one that challenges a broken paradigm and points to some intrinsic truths about your career goals and personal life vision. In this post, we’ll look at “traditional” retirement, nonretirement, and unretirement, specifically discussing: The status quo of assumed retirement A brief history of retirement (hint: it’s sociological,…
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