A comprehensive study conducted at Harvard Medical School found that individuals screening positive on what they called the ASRSv1.1 ( Adult Self Report Scale Version 1.1 to be specific) had a 93% chance of actually having ADHD. As you may or may not know, there is no blood test or brain scan we can take…
I recently saw a job description that totally caught my eye. Sense of urgency was listed as one of the qualities they were looking for. As I thought about it, I realized that this is a rare commodity. Come to think about it, it's something that the best and most fun people with whom I have ever worked have always possessed…
For well over a decade, I’ve had the good fortune to work with overwhelmed, overworked, distressed and distracted business people (some of the best minds in finance, media, real estate, you name it — resumes a mile long and multiple degrees from Ivy League schools) who tell me that they’re stuck in an endless loop of accumulation without relief…
You’d be surprised how a couple of very simple strategies can shift behavior and output enormously. We are all human and want to be acknowledged, valued and recognized for the work we do. Why struggle when you can live in the solution rather than…
I thought that it would be interesting to post an excerpt from a live interview I did recently with a Google executive. She is clearly very successful, has advanced in her career and with all of that, struggles like we all do, to manage the tsunami of information bombarding her every day…
One comment I hear over and over is how boring meetings are. Time-wasters. Not productive. Tedious. In truth, meetings are essential for communication and effective business management, and they need to be strategic, agenda-centric and to the point…