Category: Efficiency
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How I Recharge My Social Batteries
After four days of an intensive offsite, most of my colleagues were quiet and tired. It’s that type of business trip that makes you dream about a vacation to recharge your social batteries. But what do you do when your working week consists of calls, meetings and other human interactions? I wrote about efficient meetings…
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Discipline Is Freedom
A few weeks ago, I was at an offsite, getting to know my new colleagues. Casual chat about hobbies somehow segued into one of those “How do you find time?” conversations. I asked my fellow managers about prioritization and planning outside of work life. Some considered this a part of professional deformation, others embraced it…
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Demystifying Communication Biases
Or “The best thing you can learn from the diverse teams”. The thing I am going to write about is only one of many things you can learn by working with people of different backgrounds, cultures and areas of expertise. It’s not technical insights, hard skills or “How does Let It Go from Frozen sound…
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The Art of Delegation
Have you ever found your team drowning in work, thinking “Is it faster if I just do it myself”? If so, you’re not alone. Let’s talk about delegation, a skill that is often seen as fundamental for managers, team leads and anyone in a leadership position. On the other hand, it’s also one of the…
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How to Keep the Spark Alive?
Hello, everyone! Today, let’s talk about motivation and engagement in teams, the two essential ingredients for success that often go beyond the typical paycheck. That’s right, compensation != motivation, or at least is not limited by just monetary part. In my experience, effective motivation is also about purpose, feedback, and a sense of impact. Having…
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Why Brainstorms Fall Short
This post was inspired by this toy I saw on the web. Apparently, some old people were buying it for their grandkids 🤣 But it suddenly got me thinking about brainstorms and here we are. Brainstorms Aren’t Always a Storm of Ideas Brainstorms are often named among the best idea-generation tools, but the thing is…
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Read This and Your Meetings Will Never Be The Same
There’s nothing as bad as a manager obsessed with meetings. We’ve all been in those slow and useless meetings, with hours wasted in endless discussions that seem to go nowhere. Many managers pack their schedule with meetings to appear ‘busy’, but if you’re not one of them and genuinely want to step up your meetings…
Retrieving Thoughts 