Productivity

While there’s no question that mental health and wellbeing training is improving and benefiting many, are we focusing on the wrong things?

Time spent in passive mode in a meeting – quietly, not contributing, listening – highlights the reason why synchronous work like meetings can feel so wasteful.

A critical step required to overcome the inertia for change is to tap into employees’ psyche to understand what some of the blockers under the surface could be. Individually, people may have personal concerns, such as their fear that they will lose their job to someone else or that the organisational culture will change. Collectively, the corporate culture may lead people to resist change as the new initiative is not how ‘we do things here’.

Deadlines are useful, but it’s your capacity that will drive your success.

Listening, responding and validating people’s situations, stories and concerns continue to be some of the most powerful leadership capabilities. Having a solid and respectful leader in times that are tough is often what employees value most of all.

While you might be thinking it’s too impossible to change a culture that is already established, here’s why you should

We don’t make good decisions when we are in a state of overwhelm. 

Employers and employees need to be alert to the warning signs of tech overload.

Every single executive athlete that I have met has had a greater sense of purpose. This has ranged from a profound belief in their work, a burning desire to be of service or a deep sense of spirituality. Whatever the flavour, find your purpose and become it.  

It seems we’ve been led down a garden path when it comes to productivity.