Positive versus Negative Listening
In school, we weren’t taught positive listening. It is doubtful we came home from school proudly waving a “listener of the week” award! But, learning to develop positive listening skills is the first...
View ArticleTaking Responsibility for Active Listening
Tommy Lasorda, retired baseball manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers said, “In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those...
View ArticleThe Best Way to Manage Your Time
Your approach to time management affects the way you work — and the way others work with you. There’s one enemy hovering silently in your life. What’s that, you ask? Time! Watch people. They’re...
View ArticleCollisions in Time Management Approaches
Diminishing misunderstandings and increasing compassion can be simple if you add self-awareness as a concrete skill. Once when I was leading a program called “Understanding Your Approach to Time...
View ArticleWhich Time Management Preference Applies Best to You?
What’s your approach to time management? I call two very distinct and innate preferences for time management, Jupiter and Pluto, (the names have nothing to do with astrology; they simply represent...
View ArticleThe “Why” Behind Different Time Management Styles
If you practice the skill of listening (the concept of two ears and one mouth), you will hear folks convey their preferred approach for time management. The problem is that most people are unaware of...
View ArticlePlutos and Jupiters List Their Assets
We all have our preference for time management and perceive our way of managing time as the best. While conducting a Continuing Professional Education program for finance people, I asked participants...
View ArticleHow to Work with People Who Have an Opposite Approach to Time Management
There is no one “right” approach to manage time. Each preference offers gifts and each has blind spots. And, believe it or not, neither has anything to do with the quality of skills needed to...
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