self-management

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Flow Hacks for CEOs

Camille Preston, CEO and Founder, AIM Leadership Most leaders already know that amazing feeling of being in the zone, or in flow. What many leaders don’t know is how to generate that feeling more often and help others do the same. The concept of flow was first studied by University of Chicago psychology professor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi over […]

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the ceo magazine, organizational culture,

Is Your Company Misaligned? These 5 Steps Will Get You on the Same Page

Riaz Khadem Add up all the time wasted doing things that aren’t important in your organization—by you, your direct reports and those reporting to you indirectly. You’ll probably end up with a large number. That number represents your organization’s misalignment. We once facilitated an executive session with a large company that included three levels of

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the ceo magazine, work life balance,

How to Disconnect in a Connected World: 3 Keys to Achieving Work/ Life Balance

Fabrice Dumans, Co-founder & CEO, Timyo “My number one priority is my family.” I would guess that nearly all of us have said the above or something like it. I know I have. I’ve also said something like the following: “Our company is growing really fast, it’s great! Plenty of 15-hour days, but you’ve got to

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the ceo magazine, self management,

Four Steps to Manage Over-Thinking

Shelley Row “I’ll be thinking about things over and over and over again and it’s swirling around.” – Director, Engineering Consulting Firm We all do it. Churn and agitate.  Analyze and rationalize.  Over-thinking wastes time and reduces productivity.  How do you stop over-thinking while not short-changing evaluation of relevant information? As an accomplished over-thinker, I have

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the ceo magazine, personal growth,

It’s time to get in the game: Lessons from the sidelines

Craig Weinstein, Founder, MyTeamSpot Coaching sports is like running a small business. You’ve got lots of personalities, each pulling at your attention, time and resources. You’ve got the end goal—the title, the win, the successful practice, even. You’ve got competing interests, noise and emotions clouding your view. And you’ve got so much promise right in

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