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2024

Apr 20

Skills to excel, achievement society and communication styles in the workplace

Apr 13

Why we make bad choices, talkative people and possibility thinking

Apr 6

Showcase your value, choose process goals and stop overthinking

Mar 23

Rules of effective communication, delegation is not optional and concrete vs abstract language

Mar 16

Don’t make these mistakes, find your path and in praise of slowness

Mar 9

Speak up in meetings, high impact managers and are you catastrophizing?

Mar 2

Master thinkers, good problems and fix broken teams

Feb 24

Ego in a leader, manage your stressors and key to mastery

Feb 17

Highly effective leaders, framing problem and make better friends at work

Feb 10

Beat Procrastination, framework for giving up and power of personal experiments

Feb 3

Emotionally charged conversations, attachments styles and do we have free will

Jan 27

Lead with trust, paradox of goals and focus to win

Jan 20

Causes of underperforming team, difficult decisions and paths of least resistance

Jan 13

Boundaries at work, best managers and secret to success

Jan 6

Thrive under pressure, spirit of excellence and physical surroundings

2023

DEC 30

Leadership style, improve your relationships and no self-control

DEC 23

Mentally healthy, rebuilding organizations and over-meeting culture

DEC 16

Impact players, improve your attention span and unconscious decision making

DEC 9

Handle negative feedback, defuse catastrophic thoughts and character development

DEC 2

Combat false urgency, think real good and build trust

Nov 25

Performance reviews, leadership principles and the science of motivation

Nov 18

Clear thinking, hire better managers and the abilene paradox

Nov 11

Hidden potential, work has changed and time is emphasis

Nov 4

Success or failure, high IQ people and time traveling mistake

Oct 28

Leadership thinking traps, time demands on leaders and elevate your performance review

Oct 21

Eliminate cognitive distortions, helicopter management and danger of complacency

Oct 14

Reduce communication gaps, express your thoughts and a great strategy

Oct 7

Delivering bad news, multi-threaded meeting and improve critical thinking skills

Sep 30

Lead through change, stop overworking and talking less to get more

Sep 23

Rise from management to leadership, productive meetings and constant criticism

Sep 16

Disagreeing with powerful people, trained incapacity and invisible nudge

Sep 9

Emotional outburst, thinking hygiene and silent killer of operating practice

Sep 2

Strategic thinking mindset, scale yourself down and know who’s trustworthy

Aug 26

Feedback to manager, open doors in your career and highly selfish people

Aug 19

Reaching full potential, critical roles and culture of listening

Aug 12

Finding a sponsor, executive presence and practice made perfect

Aug 5

Growing people, art of listening and potential beneficial force

July 29

Stay calm under pressure, reliability of mental models and effective communication skills

July 22

Taking things personally, attention span and learning stuff quickly

July 15

Loss of trust, effective coaches and dealing with a know-it-all

July 8

Showing your value, making time matter and changing your trajectory

July 1

Analysis paralysis, people you need and overcome social anxiety

June 24

Highly effective leaders, strong teamwork and be less judgmental

June 17

Difficult people, bad feedback and boost motivation

June 10

Be more likable, success partners and team’s undiscussables

June 3

Get better at risk taking, cultivate resilience and why we wait

MAY 27

Fake it till you make it, be a thermostat and prep to leave

MAY 20

Bad day at work, emotional intelligence and stop reassurance seeking

MAY 13

Don’t bring me problems, master thinker and how to create luck

MAY 6

Ready to be a manager, avoiding emotions and burnout

APR 29

Speaking up, persistent stress and tricks of the mind

APR 22

Todo list, self control and skills that set introverts apart

APR 15

Confident humility, handle stress and missing discipline

APR 8

Be less judgmental, tendency to be critical and make the most of your workday

APR 1

Build credibility, boost creativity and stupid daily activities

Mar 25

Actionable feedback, unlimited willpower and winning habits

Mar 18

Productivity cognitive biases, control your desk and time oasis

Mar 11

Highly effective managers, good leadership and your brain needs a break

Mar 4

How to disagree, boost your energy and let ideas grow

Feb 25

Unforgettable impact, know when to stop and effortless decision making

Feb 18

Questions to ask managers, superpower and how to be more decisive

Feb 11

Impact players, microstress and saying yes

Feb 4

Mental health, one-on-one meetings and being productive

Jan 28

Want to be a manager, mental focus and navigate change

Jan 21

Delegate work, hard to change and better authority figure

Jan 14

Bad advice for imposter syndrome, difficult people and quiet thriving

Jan 7

Effective manager, give feedback and best pieces of advice

2022

DEC 31

First principles, communication from the top and morning habits

DEC 24

Build confidence that lasts, management game and sadness at work

DEC 17

High performing teams, OKRs and employee resource groups

DEC 10

Thinking traps, burnout and weekly metrics review

NOV 26

Thinking errors, matrix organization and practicing candor

NOV 19

Get hired, stop feeling envious and terrible meetings

NOV 12

Mastering performance reviews, workplace dysfunction and know when to stop

NOV 5

Mental models to build empathy, complex decisions and key to winning

OCT 29

Growth or brilliance, asking better questions and reverse interviewing

OCT 22

Manager of managers, pick your battles and complicated role of hope

OCT 15

Mental agility, favorite interview questions and becoming successful

OCT 8

Finding a mentor, free time and truth about brain

SEP 24

Dealing with a bad day, dreaded performance review and unlocking alignment

SEP 17

Communication gaps, your career and lonely team members

SEP 10

Quiet quitting, leadership makeover and wisdom of learning

SEP 3

Feedback to difficult people, group dynamics and future proof your career

AUG 27

Productivity frameworks, think flexibly and leadership styles

AUG 20

Getting attention, being an asker and handling bad moods

AUG 13

Powerful razors, toxic positivity and disrespected employees

AUG 6

Responding to resignation, customizing your career path and employee burnout

JULY 30

Communicating effectively, emotional gym and becoming a better listener

JULY 23

Cognitive distortions, salary negotiation and improving decisions

JULY 16

10x your impact, trouble with zooming and maximize your learning

JULY 9

Saying no, helping teams face uncertainty and case for middle managers

JULY 2

Assert authority as a new manager, small actions and behaving in office

JUNE 25

Hedonic treadmill, greatest strategic minds and difficult emotions at work

JUNE 18

Fake it till you make it, doing nothing and why we are never satisfied

JUNE 11

80/20 manager, binary thinking and disagreement is good

JUNE 4

Getting laid off, dangerous mental errors and trapped prior

MAY 28

Onboarding yourself, loneliness and myth of the career ladder

MAY 21

Busyness, impactful questions and future of leadership

MAY 14

Abundance mindset, digital knowledge and becoming emotionally strong

MAY 7

Career limiting mistakes, resilience and positivity is overrated

APR 30

Getting angry, improve your energy and rethinking workplace

APR 23

Losing trust, make your luck and pick two

APR 16

Small wins, laziness and broken culture

APR 9

Don’t bring me problems, sharpen the question and better way to change minds

APR 2

Managing up, successful conversations and phase of collaborative process

MAR 26

Effective as a new manager, desirable difficulties and dreading our inboxes

MAR 19

Questions great bosses ask, mindfulness and putting too much pressure

MAR 12

One-on-one meeting mistakes, productivity gurus and changing how we work

MAR 5

Alignment model, choices and techniques to fast track your goals

FEB 26

Self-care as a manager, say-to-do ratio, and set better goals

FEB 19

Giving difficult feedback, behavioral activation and on and off

FEB 12

Ignorant leader, retain what you learn and stay on schedule

FEB 5

Pluralistic ignorance, key to career success and 12 unconventional ideas

JAN 29

Types of imposter, difficult decisions and saying it out loud

JAN 22

Workplace stress, powerful skills and inclusion measures

JAN 15

Getting ideas heard, radical transparency and basic fairness at work

JAN 8

P rogress not passion, team’s undiscussables and positive interactions

JAN 1

Self reflection, paradoxes of life and people that scale

2021

DEC 25

Cross functional collaboration, schedule builder and how to be successful

DEC 18

Authentic leadership, the long game and resilience in 2022

DEC 11

Dealing with ambiguity, growth vs stability and the ripple effect

DEC 4

Keeping commitments, remote work and lengthening the time horizon

Nov 27

Lack of control, five principles and why great leaders show gratitude

Nov 20

Avoiding unpleasant information, hybrid work and dealing with cog fog

Nov 13

Dealing with negative people, power of performance reviews and fleeting praise

Nov 6

Principles to learn and lead, daily resets and trip to HR

OCT 30

Getting feedback, coordination headwind and workplace interruption s

OCT 23

Delivering bad news to boss, confident people and psychological safety at work

OCT 16

Too many meetings, freedom at work and get people to do what you want

OCT 9

Working with a dominant personality, raising confidence and information overload

OCT 2

Coping with failure, fix your job and broken way of working

SEP 25

Positive intervention, obvious insights and underrated qualities

SEP 18

Strategic thinking, mental models and the right way to challenge

SEP 11

Wrong about burnout, emotions at work and two-way writeups

SEP 4

Bounce back, making team effective and secret to happiness at work

AUG 28

Leadership anxiety, return to office and horrible advice

AUG 21

Fighting at work, great planning process and tracking everything

AUG 14

Accountability at work, team meetings audit and efficiency

AUG 7

Saying no at work, employee wellness and brain on progress

JULY 31

Robert Iger leadership lessons, experimentation and giving compliments

JULY 24

Culture problems, pre-mortems for launch and myth of time

JULY 17

Leading with trust, rituals for hypergrowth and making change

JULY 10

Decide right organization, tough compassion and thinking like a kid

JULY 3

Powerful behaviors, too many passions and five day workweek

JUNE 26

Avoid bad decisions, chance meetings and 40 hour workweek

JUNE 19

Let go of control, make better decisions, and number of hours to work

JUNE 12

Navigating office politics, courage to be candid and great thinking

JUNE 5

Contributing to toxicity, questioning assumptions and oldest productivity trick

MAY 29

Not getting promoted, brainstorming and true confidence

MAY 22

Science of productive role conflict, kindness at work and self-awareness

MAY 15

Performing under pressure, reaching a new elevation and fresh start

MAY 8

Promote a growth mindset, lost art of listening and get better as you sc ale

MAY 1

Ready for a leadership position, languishing and wasting time

APR 24

Defining success, great mentorship, and brilliant calendar hack

APR 17

What not to do when everyone looks to you, high agency and learn to love networking

APR 10

Confident humility, think before you speak and hyper-specialization

APR 3

Managing conflict, being authentic and learning from the big mistake

MAR 27

Feedback that matters, weekend experiment and learning at work

MAR 20

Asking for help, hard tasks and choosing today

MAR 13

Self justification, the busy trap and making a great decision

MAR 6

What matters in goals, smart career choices and small improvements

FEB 27

Train your brain to be more optimistic, rethink your answers and do the real thing

FEB 20

Criticism to fuel growth, wfh is corroding trust and starting a project

FEB 13

Leadership is about growth, learning better at any age and standing out without showing off

FEB 6

Balancing work and life, reasoning with unreasonable people and progress is non linear

JAN 30

Language for team, storytelling culture and belief in success

JAN 23

Effective Listening, unlocking procrastination and 10 mins on Friday

JAN 16

Avoiding uncertainty, learning from failure and prioritizing white space

JAN 9

Leading with vulnerability, making hard choices and reaching goals

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