Group emails asking for help are rarely a good idea. This is because of a simple social principle: the more people believe others are available to assist, the less likely they themselves will jump in. Whenever you can, address these requests one by one.
It’s stating the obvious to say that there’s still a lot of anxiety going around right now. As leaders, many of you are trying to keep your businesses healthy and take care of your employees and families. Since anxiety is a heightened state of alarm or awareness, there are some beneficial aspects to experiencing it.
We all want to lead lives of purpose. But how do you stop and take stock of where you are? Author Mike Steib has some concrete advice on where and how to start evaluating.
Michael Port is a business owner and professional speaker, but his first career was as a classically trained actor. “To paraphrase the legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg,” writes Port, “an actor’s work is about the ability to consistently create reality and to express that reality. And that is in large part the way that life works for all of us.”
There is a kind of logic to the best and worst times of day to negotiate. Here are some generalized clock-related rhythms to keep in mind.
On an episode of her podcast “Nocturne,” Vanessa Lowe spoke to artist and activist Tricia Hersey, who is also the founder of the Nap Ministry, a project that examines the liberating power of rest. The Nap Bishop is the personality Hersey takes on to be able to spread the message, “Rest is resistance.”
Difficult means complicated, challenging or someone who is hard to deal with. A difficult person can be considered obnoxious, or verbally attacks you, criticizes you. They can be intrusive, controlling, picky or petty. But the executive you consider to be difficult might be a great opportunity to another assistant.
Disaster recovery and business continuity planning are not new concepts. Whether you had a recovery plan or not, you have more clarity around what it might be like to be forced to do business away from the office in an emergency. If you don’t have a disaster recovery program, this is a good time to start collecting data to make one.
October 6, 2021
Categorized in: Outlook
How can I keep people from scheduling directly on my executive’s calendar? … How can I keep my executive’s email messages pinned to the top of my list?
Handwriting? What’s that? Kidding aside, there are plenty of times we still handwrite things, apart from signing documents. It’s worth taking a little time to improve it. Here are a few ideas.