Mind-sets ingrained by past management practices remain ingrained far beyond the existence of the practices that formed them, even when new ...

A nudge is an intervention that maintains freedom of choice but steers people in a particular direction. A tax isn’t a nudge. A subsidy isn’...

I first began thinking about some of the very real ways that we could improve our teamwork and put more authority in the hands of our people...

For humans, exposure to one stimulus influences how a person responds to a related stimulus later. Our brains are adapted to process informa...

For a meeting to be useful, you have to have the right people — and only the right people — in the room. With too many attendees, you may ha...

 …there are only three functional purposes for having a business meeting: 1. To inform and bring people up to speed. 2. To seek input from p...

“If you’re already meeting for worthwhile topics, you can do a quick update,” says Axtell . You might say at the end, Is there anything that...

Note whether the purpose of the topic is to share information, seek input for a decision, or make a decision. It’s difficult for team member...

Leaders must share as openly as possible, erring on the side of sharing more information with more people, more of the time. Sharing require...

  A wareness  represents a person's understanding of the nature of change, why the change is being made and the risk of not changing. Aw...

Move and the way will open. – ZEN PROVERB At the start of many important endeavors, you’ll often think: How can I do this? I don’t even know...

We have thousands of times more available information than Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln. Yet which of us would think ourselves a tho...