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One of the hearts of our work is how teams work. So what better team dynamics to explore and understand than our own? (And only marginally less egotistical than analyzing yourself is analyzing the team you're on; it includes others, so it's not as extreme as just thinking about yourself.) So let's share and review today one of the various principles we use when we work internally, what we call on our team "ABR," for "Always Be Reprioritizing."
Bad news: politics is unavoidable in the workspace. I'm sorry to break it to you, Virginia: even if you see yourself as non-political, there's no avoiding it, because politics consumes everything. And Santa Claus doesn't exist!
Making sure your employees and clients feel valued and recognized is a huge step towards being beloved by your clients.
How many times have we heard there’s a tendency of the world to move faster? The world always tells you, “Time is money.” They say: run, run run, so you can make the most money! This fast-paced lifestyle is rooted in our brains. Companies are consumed by acceleration and the need to maintain forward momentum in order to secure and increase profit (or so it’s said).
Apologies come as easy as breathing. We carry one in the tip of our tongue (and the auto corrector on our phones) every day. We walk the streets gifting small “sorrys” to strangers, we drop one when we sneeze, and spend our work hours delivering them to our bosses.
Writing things down and keeping clear documentation of what you do can sound like something you wouldn't want to waste time on, but you'll definitely wish you had done it once you need to find out what the terms to something were.
Chaos and messes are inevitable, but worse than them happening is to be the only person aware of it.
The possibility of delivering fast and high quality products is rare, but never zero. A deep dive into getting more productive, communicative and successful by increasing speed.
Last week, while I was browsing through the Internet, I bumped into an awesome article about Urban Airship’s CEO meeting rules, and I thought it was more than worth it to share it and spread the message.
Break communication into four levels: direct, symbolic, root, and esoteric.