Archive for October, 2012

Sleeping with Your Smartphone?

| Posted in Leadership Blog
In a recent webinar, I heard Harvard Business School Professor Leslie Perlow share the secrets from her new book about changing the way we work to achieve greater personal balance, while also becoming more effective and efficient. She describes the challenges and benefits of disconnecting, and provides a step-by-step guide to changing how our teams work. Perlow says many of us are becoming addicted to a cycle of responsiveness where we put ourselves under increasing… Read More

Are You Too Nice at the Office?

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Are You Too Nice at the Office? Men’s Health – menshealth.com/health/are-you-too-nice-at-the-office by Markham Heid October 4, 2012, 10:00 pm EDT This week in unfortunately true clichés: Nice guys really do finish last, according to a new study from Princeton University. Researchers recruited 133 people and asked each to craft an email that included words from a predetermined list. For some participants, the goal of the email was to appear warm and friendly. For others, the… Read More