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Priorities: High-performing Teams Know What Comes First

If your team has twenty or thirty items on its “to do” list, we have one word of advice for you: don’t. Don’t scramble to try to get everything done at once. That is a surefire recipe for increased stress, wasted energy, and missed goals. High-performing teams recognize that to go fast, they have to… Continue reading Priorities: High-performing Teams Know What Comes First

Make Your Priorities a Priority

There are many forms of self-sabotage when it comes to reaching your goals, whether those are goals for your life or goals for your job. For example, one of our friends has a sign on her desk that says “I don’t procrastinate … I reschedule!” While procrastination is a very obvious form of self-sabotage, prioritization… Continue reading Make Your Priorities a Priority

Your First Commitment Is to Your First Team

An organization’s top executives usually sit on two teams. They are members of the company leadership team, but they are also leaders of their department teams. So, as you circle the conference table, you find the people in charge of Business Development, Finance, Operations, IT, Sales, Manufacturing, and so forth. This is all well and… Continue reading Your First Commitment Is to Your First Team