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Why we are giving our life away

14/07/2015 /

We all claim to be multi-tasking. But it is not true. Multi-tasking is actually inefficient. Multi-tasking has a cost. In fact, distractions seriously risk to impact on our jobs, our carreer and, above all, our life. We are no more able to focus on a single thing. There’s a lot at stake. Do you want to give “it” away?, asks Tracy Davidson in this TEDx.

Tracy Davidson is anchor of NBC10 News Today. She has been awarded many different prizes related to her job and her commitment in empowering women both personally and professionally.

09/07/2015 /

In this interview by Meredith Bell, Denny Coats explains why it takes time to ingrain a leadership skill. Every action that we do comes from the brain. It is only by repetition that we can strenghten the neural pathways in our brain in order to make our behaviour pattern more natural.

How to master leadership skills

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Boxing with your time

02/07/2015 /

Time management is the hardest challenge of our everyday life. Because of multitasking we often struggle to focus on a single task and to well accomplish that.

Timeboxing is a special approach to time management. It consists in setting a certain ammount of your time in completing a task. Once the time is over, you must switch to another task. This approach forces you to be more efficient in order to accomplish the task before the end of the time available.

Timeboxing can be used to schedule your day but also with your team. It can b every useful in order to avoid distractions and keep the focus on waht you are doing.

This article describes this innovative approach in time management.

Boxing with time

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Delegation & Responsibility

01/07/2015 /

The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .

For the month of July the selected quotation is by Byron Dorgan (b. 1942) – Former U.S. Senator for North Dakota, author of several books about politics and money.

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Working hours and quality of time

18/06/2015 /

Reducing working hours can be good for productivity? Economists have suspected it for some time: with higher working hours labour output per hour would fall. The number of working hours is not what matters. Rather, it’s the quality of your time and effort that drives success.

But working less and accomplishing more is not easy. Innovation, creativity, time management are your best allies. Micha Kaufman, Internet entrepreneur, in his article on Forbes suggests 10 Tips to work less and accomplish more:

  1. Have two computers, one for work and one for play;
  2. Being productive is impossible if you are not at your best;
  3. Hear your favorite tunes;
  4. Work nice with others;
  5. Love your to do lists;
  6. Take a break;
  7. Reduce the noise;
  8. Love your job or leave it;
  9. Recharge your batteries
  10. At some point just stop.

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Be a better leader, have a richer life

16/06/2015 /

Stewart Friedman, in his book Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life argues that leadership in business cannot be merely about business anymore: it has to be about life as a whole.

The purpose of Total Leadership is to improve performance at work, at home, in the community, and for the private self (mind, body, spirit) by creating mutual value among these four life domains, to produce what he calls “four-way wins”.

Friedman explains how three simple principles can help to become a better leader and have a richer life.

  • Be real: act with authenticity by clarifying what’s important
  • Be whole: act with integrity by respecting the whole person
  • Be innovative: act with creativity by experimenting with how things get done

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