Leaders – Take A Break!

Half my conversations with leaders this week have included talk about the toll this new normal is taking on them. Threatening words like “red-lining,” “burnout” and “dark place” have been coming out. None of them are there quite yet, but they can see it coming if they don’t make some adjustments.  Other anecdotal evidence I’ve […]

How To Do Better By Doing Nothing

A few weeks ago, a colleague forwarded to me a sales coach’s June newsletter that admonished readers to avoid “laziness” and “overcome the dog days of summer.” He basically shamed his readers for taking time off. This glorification of “all work, no play” has become fairly pervasive in our American society. In 2015, more than half […]