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Don't be put off by Lencioni's affected manner.  His book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, should be made mandatory for all leaders. This short video is a good introduction to him and his philosophy. Michael Hoffman

I had an excellent session with a client today in which he told me about how he had to bring one of his employees into his office to remind him that, ”we simply can’t make these mistakes around here”.  My client told me that he had berated the employee with calm but stern voice, meaning…

One of my clients made a very astute comment the other day. He said, It should be self-evident that a company can have too many managers and not enough leaders. But can you have too many leaders?  In many respects I am trying to develop my team managers into team leaders because I don’t have…

More than anything else, perfectionist and self-critical attitudes about ourselves are what kills our productivity.  These attitudes are most often revealed in the form of procrastination, but procrastination is not the demon; it is the messenger. Neil Fiore, in his book, The Now Habit, defines procrastination as: A mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated…

Here is a great article from the New York Times on this very important topic. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/business/measure-results-not-hours-to-improve-work-efficiency.html?smid=pl-share  Michael Hoffman

I call this entry "Stress I"  because it will be the first in a series.  Stress is such an important topic in just about everybody's lives that it makes sense to revisit it often. I read and listened to many people's opinions about the need for stress as motivation. But can someone tell me of an…