I am still in brain mode. “Switching off” in order to focus. Turn off your email, your phone or your iPad while working on a project. Not all day – but have a period of time to focus. The author of the book Your Brain at Work, which I referred to in my last two blogs,…
At the beginning of the year, I read an article about how corporate leaders mistake execution for strategy. I understand how easily that can happen. Firm leaders are so wrapped up in keeping their companies afloat, that any movement (execution) toward that direction can take on the identity of “strategy.” The article, which was from…
Schedule a meeting – with yourself for 2 hours during a time of day when you are most effective. For me, that is first thing in the morning. I would not stay home or go to my office, as either place is full of people that need you in some way. Instead I would…