by Greg McKeown | Nov 29, 2016 | Self-Improvement, Wealth
A lot of companies hire and fire the wrong way. A bias for speed combined with the pressure for high growth drives many leaders to be quick to hire (“We need to fill this role now!”) but slow to remove under-performing employees because they’re busy and would rather...
by Greg McKeown | Apr 12, 2016 | Productivity, Self-Improvement
A friend of mine is an executive for an organization with global reach. He is intelligent and driven, but constantly distracted. At any given time he will have Twitter, Gmail, Facebook and multiple IM conversations going. The majority of them are useful in some way....
by Greg McKeown | Sep 9, 2015 | Productivity, Self-Improvement, Time Management
An executive called me up a few months ago in existential pain. He had spent the last several years pursuing a career path he now admitted was not right for him. He had overstayed his time building a software company when he really wanted to be teaching and writing....
by Greg McKeown | Apr 8, 2015 | Careers, Wealth
I recently reviewed a resume for a colleague who was trying to define a clearer career strategy. She has terrific experience. And yet, as I looked through it I could see the problem she was concerned about: she had done so many good things in so many different fields...
by Greg McKeown | Oct 2, 2014 | Health, Lifestyle, Self-Improvement, Wealth
I recently met with a capable and driven executive and asked him, “How are you?” He gave me a rapid-fire answer of all of the things he was doing: travelling, business updates, career changes and his children’s innumerable activities. It sounded like an intense but...