by Steven Howard | Feb 4, 2019 | Decision Making, Leadership Behaviors, Leadership Skills
Multitasking Is Not Truly A Productive Way To Lead As mentioned in the previous post on How Leaders Can Win The Distractions Battle, it is far better to handle the most challenging mental tasks early in the day when cognitive resources are at a peak. This is why I...
by Steven Howard | Feb 1, 2019 | Brain Health, Decision Making, Leadership Behaviors, Leadership Skills
Multitasking Is Detrimental To Focus And Long-Term Brain Health Scientific research tells us that as we age we are more easily distracted by irrelevant information, particularly when experiencing stress or powerful emotions. “Increased distractibility is a sign of...
by Steven Howard | Jan 30, 2019 | Brain Health, Leadership Behaviors, Leadership Skills
Tips on Controlling the Brain for Leaders In the previous post I shared some of the things I do to help my busy brain concentrate on important tasks, such as writing the draft of a book. I also shared why FOMO should really mean Fear of Brain Overload. Another way to...
by Steven Howard | Jan 28, 2019 | Better Decisions Better Thinking Better Outcomes, Brain Health, Decision Making, Leadership Behaviors, Leadership Skills
FOMO Should Really Mean Fear Of Mind Overload Our brains are amazing. They control our bodily functions. They recall past events. They provide us with lucid dreams while we sleep or nap. But our brains are also annoying. They never shut off! They continually crave...
by Steven Howard | Jan 25, 2019 | Leadership Behaviors, Leadership Skills
Too Many Managers And Leaders Are Operating In “Mind Full” Mode Too Often Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal hit the nail on the head in their Harvard Business Review article Beware the Busy Manager. A major conclusion from their ten years of studying the...
by Steven Howard | Jan 23, 2019 | Leadership Behaviors
Leadership Derailment Sneaks Up On Busy Leaders Leadership derailment often comes as a blind-sided shock to leaders. But it shouldn’t. Postmortem explanations for the root causes of leaders going off the rails usually boils down to one or more commonly seen factors:...
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