Breaking the Habit of Email Distraction Yesterday I came across a blog called “How to Stop Living in Your Inbox.” It struck me because we have this ongoing conversation about how email is such a huge distraction, how it keeps us from being more productive. We keep talking (me included) about how we… Continue reading Why do we keep doing things we know we shouldn’t?
Category: Master Your Job
6 solutions for dealing with micro-managers
Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere. – Ronald Reagan If you have a micro-manager, you might be heaving a big “harrumph” upon reading our quote this week. Micro-managers are frequently on the list of workplace challenges I hear about, and I want to address that… Continue reading 6 solutions for dealing with micro-managers
Do you get information overload?
The other day I was researching a term for a job management teleclass I was preparing. I input the term I was researching and Google came back with over 2 billion responses. Yes, that’s billion with a “b.” And that’s just one little Google inquiry. Now think about the massive amounts of… Continue reading Do you get information overload?
Make people earn your time.
Portland business coach and career counselor Lea McLeod specializes in time management skills, workplace conflict resolution, and career guidance, …
5 Ways to Cope With Workplace Drama
Workplace drama is distracting, negative, contagious, and always unproductive. Do you know how to cope with the colleague driven drama?
5 Ways to Get Instant Stress Relief
Sometimes during the workday we get so heads down and stressed out, that we start to believe what the quote above says. We start to think that everything is an emergency. Can you relate at all? I never thought about it that way until I read that quote. But it’s so true. If I’m in… Continue reading 5 Ways to Get Instant Stress Relief