“Everyone is feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin and burned out…we need to do something for morale.” So said the COO of a $100m technology services firm at a recent senior executive…

Silicon Valley legends Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Sheryl Sandberg have a few of obvious things in common… Namely, they are smart, high-performing leaders of smart, high-profile companies. Recently Schmidt…
The leadership team with which I was working was in complete agreement: “We are terrible at saying ‘no’. We’ve got to stop trying to be everything, to everyone.” Unfortunately, everyone knew…
One of the “secrets” of top performers (in business and elsewhere) is their use of smart systems — the automation of regular, routine, “mid-value” activity that frees up that time…