Edward G. Brown
AlleyWatch
Malibu, CA, United States
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Two Hidden Threats to Company Value
The 2 Threats That Can Eat at Your Company I’m also familiar with fear-denial because of research we have done. We ask executives why change initiatives fail so often. We don’t mention the word fear, but they do – immediately. In their first sentence 84% ascribe the problem to fear… → Read More
3 Subtle Ways to Boost Your Communication IQ
Chances are you're going to have to interact with a human or two on your way to great success. Here's how to do it right. → Read More
The Hidden Costs Of Interruptions At Work
What all those "Got a minute?" interruptions cost in loss of job satisfaction and productivity may surprise you. → Read More
How to Prevent Poor Communicators From Harming Your Business
Good communication is both an art and a skill. Here's how to master it. → Read More
3 Tips to Make Tax Time Less Stressful
Tax season can be a huge burden on busy entrepreneurs. Here are a few pointers on how to make the process less painful. → Read More
3 Signs You're Addicted to Interruptions
Learn how to recognize and turn around behavior that's counterproductive to your accomplishing work. → Read More
How McDonald’s Don Thompson could have saved his job
Last week, Don Thompson announced he would retire as McDonald’s president and CEO after less than three years at the helm. Thompson is being blamed for almost all of the fast-food chain’s troub... → Read More
Surviving the open office trap
More and more companies are embracing open office layouts with the goal to improve communication, increase collaboration and cut back on overhead by packing more workers into less space. This might... → Read More
Don't Squash Your Big Goals for the Year by Squandering Time
Learn about why resolutions so often fail but yours don't have to. → Read More
How to Concentrate When the World Intrudes
Test some of these mental wrestling techniques and see how you can wrap your mind around your tasks. → Read More
How to Not Waste Your Windfall of Time
Maybe you've figured out how to work uninterrupted. Now learn how to prioritize and allocate the right hours or minutes to tasks. → Read More
Saying It Right -- 8 Rules for Getting People on Your Side
It's just like your mother said: It's the way you express things sometimes that really matters. → Read More
How to Say No to the Employee Who Interrupts
The polite way to say, Gee whiz, Mr. Colleague, Mr. Boss or Mr. Client. I can't get anything done with your constant interventons. → Read More
Stop Asking, Who Knows Where the Time Goes? An Entrepreneur's Guide to Focus.
Tolerating interruptions is not the hallmark of a successful business leader. → Read More
Ward Off Interruptions That Kill Team Dynamics
Are companies endangering corporate culture even while investing so much to build it? → Read More
Learning to Say No to Interruptions to Foster Creativity in Business
What if Galileo or other great thinkers had tried to develop their ideas amid a barrage of email and calls? Set boundaries to inspire innovation at work. → Read More
3 Steps to Recovering Stolen Time: Confront Your 'Time Bandits'
If you're like most people, you lose three to five hours every day to interruptions. Find out how to laser focus on work. → Read More