Liquid Planner Productivity

JANUARY 20, 2022

Decades ago, I adopted the Franklin-Covey System in principle #3 of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People to managing my work. You don’t need me to tell you this is a bad habit to get into. Read on for some tried and true tactics that are sure to help you overcome your demons. In fact, they may view the work as fun.

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Liquid Planner Leadership

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll also want to regularly update team members on business performance by sharing good and bad news. However, a face-to-face video call is the best approach if you deliver good or bad news impacting a specific individual. Remember to always share the big picture. Provide opportunities for autonomy. And if all else fails?

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LSA Global

MARCH 19, 2018

Changing Employee Behaviors and Breaking Old Habits Are Hard. Changing employee behavior—or more simply put, exchanging one habit for another—is fraught with difficulties. If a behavior has worked for us in the past, our brains suggest we do it the same way next time…and thus a habit is born. Habits in the Workplace.

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Get Lighthouse

JUNE 9, 2023

In the process of growing Lighthouse and writing this blog, we have talked to a lot of leaders. Stepping away from your position may leave you feeling like you're breaking those promises and potentially damaging your relationship with a person who took a chance on you. However, it's one of the many questions we've heard before.

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Mike Griffiths

JUNE 20, 2020

So in addition to endless in-office distractions, I would also take two- to three-hour breaks to go trail running or mountain biking. If you are struggling to get work done from home, do not feel bad. I am confident my procrastination, short attention span, and penchant for anything but work were as bad as it gets.

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15Five

MAY 8, 2019

Welcome back to Talk Nerdy To Me, 15Five’s academic blog series where we get nerdy, talk to the world’s best thinkers, and break down the latest academic research that you can apply to your workplace. The relationships we have, good or bad, can influence the quality of our everyday lives, and professional relationships aren’t exempt.

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Get Lighthouse

JUNE 2, 2022

Today’s post covers why real time feedback is such a bad idea, and how we got here to think it might be a good idea. We've talked about why this is the case a number of times on the Lighthouse blog. Today, we break down the many reasons why. The best way to avoid making a bad choice is to pause and look at the big picture.

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Get Lighthouse

JULY 20, 2022

It's super frustrating to be gifted a bad book; you'll feel obligated to at least try to read it, and the whole time you will be wishing you'd spent that time reading or doing something better. So how do you avoid giving a bad book, especially if you haven't read many yourself? Then, you just have to ensure it's a great book.

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Mind Tools Strategy

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

JKatzaman If you know you’re wrong but persist because you won’t admit it, you give yourself and others a bad day. Breaking Bad Habits. The post Perseverance and Persistence – #MTtalk Roundup appeared first on Mind Tools Blog. Is there a time, an occasion, when it is wise not to persist?

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Get Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

To get this sent to your inbox every week, along with our latest long form essays on this blog, you can sign up here. If I could sum it up, it was basically, "When you hate your job, question your abilities, or have bad or frustrating things happen to you and your team, then you're a real PM."

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Get Lighthouse

JUNE 23, 2023

Tired of bad bosses, and corporate politics, the internet rejoiced. Whether they read a book like “Reinventing Organizations”, or had bad experiences with managers in the past, the goal is typically to try to allow employees to work independently and autonomously as much as possible. On paper it sounded so great. Not so fast.

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Vanessa Van Edwards

MARCH 12, 2024

Let’s break down the elements: #1 Start: What should you start doing? Deleting outdated software that’s slower than a snail on a coffee break. Disagreement isn’t bad—you can make a great situation out of disagreeable people. Stop: Ditch habits, behaviors, or thoughts that hold you back. Any disagreements?

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Michael McKinney

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Blog Post ) The Creative Act : A Way of Being by Rick Rubin (Penguin Press, 2023) Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Blog Post ) The Art of Clear Thinking : A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions by Hasard Lee (St. Change is not the exception, it’s the rule.

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 24, 2022

You get a little bit of motivation and then you go, Oh man, this does take work and you got to build the habit. They give up when they’re almost about to break through. We don’t want to read actually, we just don’t want to read blogs that have been written for robots. The I’m going to do X, Y and Z.

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Andrew Chen

JANUARY 15, 2024

is a misguided focus on “quality” as an excuse to procrastinate and to enable many other bad behaviors Some thoughts: 1. In order for my work to break out, what I need to do is I need to sit down and put down a masterpiece, something that will be recognized by people and I’m going to come up with the best ideas in the world.

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Get Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Here are some key habits and concepts you need to develop to become one. Part 1: Tips for Senior Leaders and Senior Leadership Roles ( Key habits and concepts to be a great manager of managers ). Here are some of the most important of those habits and concepts senior leaders need to develop: 1) Master skip level one on ones.

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Get Lighthouse

JULY 22, 2022

Making the most of one on one meetings is one of the biggest differences between good, effective leaders, and bad, frustrating managers. If you find this post and others on the Lighthouse blog helpful, please go here and upvote Jason Evanish's answer.]. 104) How often do you take breaks during work? What's worked better?

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Agile42

DECEMBER 3, 2018

At the end of the day, culture is our values that are demonstrated by our traditions, our habits, and our behaviours. So they instituted a tradition whereby the third Thursday of every month, one of the departments would host a meal or a break in the afternoon. The next thing is Habits. Think of habits as status reports.

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Get Lighthouse

DECEMBER 22, 2023

No one ever wanted to read a boring manual, so do your best to either break up these less fun tasks, or do them in a creative way. Your team has a micro-culture, too Also, consider the habits and behaviors of your own team: What are expectations around responsiveness late at night? Mistake №2.

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Chris LoCutro

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s not about working harder; it’s about breaking through those unseen limits that tether you to the same spot. It’s not just about breaking through; it’s about soaring beyond. Ready to break through? I'm not talking about making somebody feel better when they're doing bad things and making bad choices.

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Chris LoCutro

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s time to break free from the Silent Overload Cycle. Listen in to break free today! Grace an d peace, Chris LoCurto 563 | Breaking The “Silent Overload Cycle Chris LoCurto 0:00 We all have habits and cycles we fall into. Well, tips that we can do to break this cycle because it is just super important.

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Optimum Associates

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Time spent, scrolling on and on, constant checking, inappropriate use (at meetings, dinners, dates, discussions) all add up to bad practices squeezing out good habits. Another great habit to develop, good for you and the people around you, is to do this for others. What to do?

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Chris LoCutro

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you experiencing culture problems or that stuff that just breaks down trust in unity on your team? And it starts to break us down. My heart rate was high, I had to go outside and get a break from it. And then you feel bad and guilty because of how you know you're showing up at home. What am I going to say?

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Chris LoCutro

DECEMBER 13, 2022

These habits and cycles can cause them to be unfruitful in life and relationships. . And it takes focus, effort, and hard work to break out of. And Chris took this picture and was part of this blog and podcast. This is something I've been learning and teaching for decades because I came out of a lot of bad leaders. [00:38:38]

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Get Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Assume positive intent Instead, make it a habit to assume positive intent especially when messaging with your remote employees: There's a lot of data to back all of this up. Culture and habits impact everything Realize however, this goes beyond coaching and feedback. When this happens, everyone on your team suffers.

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