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How To Work Smarter

387. The problem with being a team player

Being a team player sounds like a good thing. Right until you understand the effects of social loafing at work. Let me introduce you to Max Ringelmann

Sep 7

386. Just enough hope to keep you from leaving

Just enough hope to keep you from leaving. That’s breadcrumbing. Here’s what it looks like at work - and why you aren’t realizing it.

Aug 31

384. PIPs fail 70-90% of the time. Here’s why.

Most PIPs fail. Not because the employee can't improve, but because nobody's looking at the person who actually caused the problem.

Aug 17

343. There Are Only 3 Problems In Life

Every problem you have is one of three things: your head, your heart, or your bank account. Here’s how to diagnose which one you’re actually dealing…

Jul 20

376. Everyone Hates Your Weekly Team Meeting

Your weekly team meeting sucks. Everybody hates it but they won't tell you why. I will. Here's how to create a weekly meeting that people care about.

Jun 15

Leadership Lessons

384. PIPs fail 70-90% of the time. Here’s why.

Most PIPs fail. Not because the employee can't improve, but because nobody's looking at the person who actually caused the problem.

Aug 17

Praise teaches people to look at you. Curiosity teaches them to look at themselves. Here's why "good job" is hurting your team more than you think.

Aug 3

381. The Biggest Mistake We Make About People

My wife thought our dog didn't like her. She was wrong. And that’s how I learned the biggest mistake we make about people.

Jul 27

343. There Are Only 3 Problems In Life

Every problem you have is one of three things: your head, your heart, or your bank account. Here’s how to diagnose which one you’re actually dealing…

Jul 20

379. Change Starts Here

Every time you fight the elephant you feed it. Here's why willpower fails, and the only way to approach change that actually lasts.

Jul 6

🤖 AI Prompts

The AI prompt that predicts how you’ll fail

You've sabotaged good ideas before. This prompt tells you how you're about to do it again.

Sep 8

You’ve already decided. You just won’t admit it.

Somewhere in your life is a thing you've already decided and are pretending you haven't. This prompt is a slap upside your head. It’s time to admit it.

Sep 1

The Thing You're Actually Afraid Of

The thing you're worried about is never the thing you're afraid of. This prompt finds the fear is three questions down. This promptuncovers the fear…

Aug 25

Recommendations

Marissa Goldberg

Stat Significant

Daniel Parris

Elevated Letters

Chelli Webster

Candidate Corner

Michael Greenleaf

Decoding Customer Experience

Mark Levy

Uncomfortable Truths

388. You said this was the last time

You already know what you have to do. You've just been really good at convincing yourself it’s a lie.

Sep 14

386. Just enough hope to keep you from leaving

Just enough hope to keep you from leaving. That’s breadcrumbing. Here’s what it looks like at work - and why you aren’t realizing it.

Aug 31

385. You worship something. You just don’t know it.

Everybody worships something. The question is whether you know what you’re sacrificing to do it.

Aug 24

380. We Taught Women To Act Like Mediocre Men

The traits we punish in women are the exact traits that make great leaders. We just taught them to act like mediocre men.

Jul 13

379. Change Starts Here

Every time you fight the elephant you feed it. Here's why willpower fails, and the only way to approach change that actually lasts.

Jul 6

Building A Better Culture

383. The Zoo I Built

My leadership team acts like a bunch of animals. It feels like I'm working in a zoo.

Aug 10

Praise teaches people to look at you. Curiosity teaches them to look at themselves. Here's why "good job" is hurting your team more than you think.

Aug 3

378. You Don't Have A Remote Work Problem

You don't have a remote work problem. You have a trust problem. You always have.

Jun 29

377. The Drowning Person Doesn't Need A Lecture

Imagine you see somebody drowning. Instead of trying to help them, you tell them to "just swim." It turns out, this is how you're acting as a leader.

Jun 22

375. Bob Wasn't Loyal. He Was Trapped.

Loyalty isn't dead. We've just been using the wrong definition for 70 years. Just ask Bob.

Jun 8

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Recent posts

The AI prompt that predicts how you’ll fail

You've sabotaged good ideas before. This prompt tells you how you're about to do it again.

Sep 8

387. The problem with being a team player

Being a team player sounds like a good thing. Right until you understand the effects of social loafing at work. Let me introduce you to Max Ringelmann

Sep 7

8:30

You’re Thinking About AI All Wrong

Everyone I talk to asks the same wrong question about AI: how do I do my job faster? That's the wrong question.

Sep 4

You’ve already decided. You just won’t admit it.

Somewhere in your life is a thing you've already decided and are pretending you haven't. This prompt is a slap upside your head. It’s time to admit it.

Sep 1

386. Just enough hope to keep you from leaving

Just enough hope to keep you from leaving. That’s breadcrumbing. Here’s what it looks like at work - and why you aren’t realizing it.

Aug 31

6:42

The Disney princess problem at work

Imagine all the Disney princesses working at the same company. It’d be a shit show.

Aug 28

The Thing You're Actually Afraid Of

The thing you're worried about is never the thing you're afraid of. This prompt finds the fear is three questions down. This promptuncovers the fear…

Aug 25

385. You worship something. You just don’t know it.

Everybody worships something. The question is whether you know what you’re sacrificing to do it.

Aug 24

7:50

I Left For Better Vibes

"I left for better vibes." That's what one of my client's employees wrote on her exit survey. My client chuckled when she read it. I didn't.

Aug 21

384. PIPs fail 70-90% of the time. Here’s why.

Most PIPs fail. Not because the employee can't improve, but because nobody's looking at the person who actually caused the problem.

Aug 17

5:59

Honesty Isn't Leadership

"I'm just being honest" is not leadership. It's an excuse. There's a 2,000-year-old test for what you should actually say before you say it.

Aug 14

Why People Misread You

You know why you mean. Nobody else does. They only hear what you say. This prompt finds where you're misread, and the thing you're doing that creates…

Aug 11

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