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Why What Millennials Want is Exactly What We Need

A lot of energy is being spent on the topic of how to manage Millennials. There is angst as they come in and expect a different workplace – one that works for them as well as their employers. There is eye-rolling as their older workplace peers snicker a bit and wonder how they can be so naive, self-centered, and immature. There is a whole lot of “things don’t work that way here” going on.

As with all generalizations, they hold some truth in the macro sense, while exceptions abound when looking at a population case-by-case. Nonetheless, trends across this age demographic are evident. A recent INC article, called the Quick Guide to Motivating Millennials, points to six things that this younger, tech-savvy generation are looking for in their work. And I am struck by the degree of alignment between this list and what research is showing us about emerging highly performing organizations. …

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What can 268 men from the Harvard Class of 1944 teach us about a successful life?

A lot, apparently. These men were part of one of the longest and most comprehensive longitudinal studies, called The Grant Study, ever conducted. The study began in their sophomore year of Harvard Medical School – and continues to this day. The men were observed, studied, interviewed, examined and tracked over time.

And author George Vaillant, who chronicled the study, wrote, “The results were as clear-cut as they were startling.”

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Challenges

Why I Hate the Concept of Work-Life Balance

Perhaps not hate – but dislike strongly. I think the ideas that are perpetuated around the concept of “work-life balance” are hurtful rather than helpful. I think this illusion of balance creates angst rather than acuity. It perpetrates unrealistic, unhealthy, and unattainable thinking about how we live our lives.

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Renewal

Free Time

I’m part of a coaching program for successful entrepreneurs that relentlessly encourages, recommends, cajoles and insists that we take free days. There is to be no checking of email, returning voicemails, sending texts, planning, organizing, cleaning up that one little project, reading a business book, or thinking about work. Period. Nada. Nothing. Cold turkey!

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Guest blogger

Slowing Down Can Make You More Productive

“It is easy to skip your own needs and make sacrifices for the sake of others. This sacrifice will not only prevent you from living the life you want, but you will be unable to effectively take care of others as you would like.” ~ Guest blogger, Bud Roth

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The Importance of Renewal

Renewal is especially important for leaders today. Work demands are higher. Leaders feel constantly “on the job” due to email, cellphones, texting and instant messaging. Resources are constrained yet the need to get more done is greater.

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Coaching

How to Resolve 5 Common Work Challenges

There are times when I’m facing a tough situation – and a coach is not available. When that happens, I’ve honed a process to “coach myself” through the situation. I’ll share the process and the questions I ask myself in those specific situations.

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Leadership

What To Shed

Part of transformation is leaving something behind. Otherwise you have not truly changed – you are only carrying a bigger

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