Your brain, body and sleep
Circadian rhythms are our body’s 24-hour sleep-wake cycle. Cognitive abilities change throughout the day, and with a little awareness we can maximize our work time.
Category: Career
Are you job crafting, or just working?
Amy Wrzesniewski has developed an idea called job crafting, which can help you make the job you have right now more satisfying. Here are three main areas where job crafting can make a difference.
Got any good office clubs?
A workplace of any size can benefit from having its staff pursue shared interests. Whether social clubs are informal or company-sponsored, they can help your team build long-lasting relationships and help them take an active part in the company’s culture.
The fundamentals of effectiveness
Feeling effective is a basic human need. Retool your work effectiveness with these elementals.
1-Minute Strategies: July ’19
Why isn’t it “Kong King”? … Want to be more likeable? … Rid your emails of passive-aggression … People are social animals. Take advantage of it! … Taking a brand new hire out for a bite? … What Rice Krispies say in other countries … What’s up in M87? … “Hands down” the best thing you’ll learn today … “You break it, you bought it!”
How to give thoughtful advice
Giving thoughtful advice is a skill. It can be learned, honed and improved throughout our careers and our lives. Here are some tips.
3 good reasons to unplug
Vacation season is right around the corner. Here are three science-backed reasons why you and your employees should completely unplug during your time off.
Bring mastery and dignity to every endeavor
In the daily grind, we tend to focus on where we’re going and how we’re going to get there. It’s easy to lose touch with the simple triumphs of mastery of detail and craft in our jobs.
Technology: Distracted by it much?
Georgetown University computer science professor Cal Newport asserts that the problem of distraction is deeper than we realize.
9 nasty names I’ve been called as a female leader … or were they compliments?
When I started work as a doctor, I allowed more of my natural leadership qualities to show. The negative feedback about my “personality” began immediately.