by Liane Davey | Feb 9, 2025 | Emotions, Personal Effectiveness
Can we start by stipulating that you have blind spots in your self-awareness and risks you can’t see from your vantage point? Or do I need to invoke the name of Dr. Tasha Eurich and hit you with her findings that only 10-15% of people are fully self-aware? Ok, good....
by Liane Davey | Jan 31, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness, Video Library
Are you trying to be more efficient but tired of overly simple ideas like “turn off your notifications?” Like, yeah, thanks! Here are five (slightly controversial) strategies for being more effective at work. 1. Start by Doing Nothing This isn’t advice...
by Liane Davey | Jan 26, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness
Is your to-do list getting you down? Do you start lists only to lose them in the shuffle? Does transferring incomplete tasks from one list to another make you feel like you’re constantly digging out of quicksand? If you need a better way to focus and stay on top of...
by Liane Davey | Jan 24, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness, Video Library
I started to hear people talking about this idea of cognitive flexibility. Whew! Fancy pants. What the heck is cognitive flexibility? Why does it matter?! And how do we make it better if it’s so important? Cognitive flexibility is your brain’s...
by Liane Davey | Jan 19, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness
Multitasking is making us less efficient, reducing the quality and creativity of our work, and stressing us out. And yet, it’s the norm rather than the exception, particularly in meetings. If you’re chairing a meeting and want to keep participants’ eyes on the prize,...
by Liane Davey | Jan 12, 2025 | Personal Effectiveness
In my previous post, I came to terms with the fact that 95% of us can’t multitask (hard blow). Instead, what we call multitasking is just rapidly toggling between tasks. That switching is costly for attention, quality, creativity, and energy. That’s why a chorus of...
