As a society, we’ve trained ourselves to believe that achieving a healthy work-life balance is next to impossible. I’m here to tell you, that’s just not true! Set clear work hour boundaries, commit to using your calendar as a time budgeting tool, and learn to overestimate how long a task will take to complete. These … Continue reading “How to improve your work-life balance”
Why building buffers into your day reduces stress
Stress can lead to burn-out and bad health! Build buffers into your daily schedule to avoid it. Don’t stack your calendar with back to back appointments and nonstop activity all day. Give yourself a chance to breathe and handle any mistakes or interruptions. By doing this one simple thing, you significantly reduce stress and improve … Continue reading “Why building buffers into your day reduces stress”
How to grow your focus like a tree
It’s not often that I recommend an app to improve focus or productivity—but when I do, it’s a great one! The Forest app makes improving your focus, and therefore your productivity, into a fun game. Your focus will grow like a tree! If you found this tip useful, you’ll love the many other tips for … Continue reading “How to grow your focus like a tree”
Why effective leaders use a mistake as a training tool
When someone makes a mistake, consider: is this an incident, or is it a pattern? Incidents happen once; patterns happen multiple times. Unless the mistake is extreme, incidents can largely be ignored. If there is a pattern, then you can address the behavior and how to help them improve. If you’d like more training on … Continue reading “Why effective leaders use a mistake as a training tool”
How meeting reminders help everyone
Recently, I received a question from a LinkedIn Learning learner in my course, Leading Productive Meetings. She asked why I recommend creating meeting reminders—after all, doesn’t that lead to more interruptions? Technically, yes, but here is why I find it’s necessary. From my perspective, the advanced warning gives people an opportunity to power down from … Continue reading “How meeting reminders help everyone”