How Leaders Can Balance Work and Life to Survive and Thrive During This Pandemic
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it, as well as how we manage our households. While being shut mostly in our homes or observing infection prevention guidelines when leaving our house, it can be pretty hard to grapple with the reality of the world in which we now live. And yet, […]
Repetition Makes it True. Repetition Makes It True. Do You Believe me Now?
Whenever you hear something repeated, it feels more real when you hear it repeated. In other words, repetition makes any statement seem more trustworthy. So anything you hear will feel more accurate each time you hear it again. Do you see what I did there? Each of the three sentences above conveyed the same message. […]
Good News on a COVID-19 Vaccine, But Business Leaders Need to Keep a Balanced Outlook
What are you paying attention to during this pandemic? What you’re focusing on can make a big difference to your business, career, and health. Many people are very excited by the prospect of effective vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. This fantastic news has deservedly lifted the stock market, and many companies are moving to eliminate planned budget and staff cuts. […]
Adapting to the New Abnormal: A Pandemic Business Case Study
Have you changed your views about COVID-19 months into this pandemic? Or are you still anchored to the same beliefs you had in March? For example, many people still believe the false claim spread by many prominent leaders in March that COVID is no worse than the common flu. They protest against public health measures such as wearing masks, […]
Normalcy Bias Lessons From Boeing, and How to Prevent a Disaster
When Boeing grounding its 737 Max airplane in 2019, following two deadly crashes that killed 346 people, they lost $5 billion in direct revenue by the summer of that year. The overall loss – ranging from damage to the brand to lost customers – was valued by investors at over $25 billion. In late 2019, new revelations about problems […]
Mental Health Challenges for Executives: Do You Display These Symptoms?
While deeply fulfilling, establishing and growing a business poses grave dangers for your mental health as an entrepreneurial executive. During the expansion stage, a founder will often face brutally long workweeks, pressure from different sources to manage the startup while raising funding, and the stress of having to make many decisions — all at the […]
How Business Can Beat The Coronavirus: Confront the New Reality
As the vast majority of companies rush to reopen, they’re falling into the trap of “getting back to normal.” They’re not realizing we’re heading into a period of restriction once again, due to many states reopening too soon. To survive and thrive in this new abnormal, and avoid the trap of normalcy, leaders need to […]
Here’s How Business Leaders Can Defeat Unconscious Bias
How can business leaders defeat unconscious bias? First, you need to know what unconscious bias is. Unconscious bias (also known as implicit bias) refers to unconscious forms of discrimination and stereotyping based on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, age, and so on. It differs from cognitive bias, which is a predictable pattern of mental errors that result in […]
How to Prevent Failure While Working From Home
So many companies are shifting their employees to working from home to address the coronavirus pandemic. Yet they’re not considering the potential disasters that might occur as a result of this transition. An example of this is what one of my coaching clients experienced a few months ago, before the pandemic hit. Pete is a […]
Why Our Brain Causes Us to Be Underprepared for Major Disruptions
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