If you knew that you would only have three more lunches with your best friend, how might you reprioritize what you consider urgent?

That’s the question we ask in this article that examines a false urgency related to unimportant tasks.

History teaches people how to behave toward us and others. What gets tolerated becomes the norm of our organizational culture.

Bad behavior is far more detrimental to the organization's success than we believe. We’ve provided a few thoughts on how to break that culture of bad behavior.

Chances are that your mind will wander shortly before, after, or while reading this article.

Staying focused has become the constant challenge of our wired worlds. It’s hard but necessary.

Here are our thoughts on why.

By one estimate, the average leader spends 261 hours per year creating and presenting PowerPoint presentations.

News Flash: It’s not an effective way to communicate.

We dive into Cognitive Load Theory (much more exciting than it sounds) to discover why.

Let’s face it. Not everything is under our control. We might like to control more, but we can’t. Wanting to feel in control is a natural emotion but sometimes just impossible. There is a little-known psychological hack, though. If we get an influence strategy, we feel in control. This article outlines the approach and provides a matrix to help you prepare your strategy.

Have you ever felt depleted in your energy level so much that you can’t lead? Sure you have. We’ve all tried to press on with an empty tank.

As you probably know, it’s not wise or good to do so. Here are a few of our thoughts on rest for leaders.