Perfectionism can be a double-edged sword, writes Alice Boyes. She shares five ways perfectionists can self-sabotage in the workplace: Struggling to make decisions or take action Worrying excessively about sunk costs Avoiding challenges to avoid failure Applying their high standards to others Ruminating about weaknesses, mistakes, and failures Source: … [Read more...]
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Perfectionists and business days dwindle
Alice Boyes, PhD, discusses perfectionists, their strengths and how their tendencies sometimes lead to self-sabotage in the workplace. She offers practical solutions for minimizing the downsides of these tendencies and to keep things moving. Procrastination or decision paralysis is one of the perfectionist traits that slows progress. Source: Harvard Business Review, April 2, … [Read more...]
How fear creates clutter and how to stop it
Good news! Amanda Sullivan says overgrown filing cabinets, closets, stacks in the garage or mounds on your desk do not indicate slovenliness. She says it may indicate fears and discusses what to do about them: Fear of financial problems Fear that you’re in over your head with something important Fear of missing out Fear that anything short of perfection is not … [Read more...]
Bad moods, venting and yelling
The hurrier I go the behinder I get!” – White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Our VUCA world < link > routinely challenges us. As frustration mounts, so do the tendencies to express our feelings outwardly or bottle them inside. This collection of articles speaks to managing through challenging times. 9 Mental-health experts on the strategies they use to … [Read more...]
Managing perfectionism
When your patients can’t talk to you, it is hard to not seek perfection. Rebecca Knight offers ideas of how to let go of a penchant for perfectionism. It is a double-edged sword, she writes. It can motivate you to perform at a high level and deliver top-quality work. Or, it can cause you unnecessary anxiety and slow you down. Many perfectionists have a proclivity to ruminate — … [Read more...]
Tony Robbins: motivating an employee who seems lazy
"Labeling someone 'lazy' is the worst thing you can do, because that just shuts [them] down and now it's a character defect," says Robbins. It's a leader's job to help employees see that everyone has goals, but perhaps those goals are not serving them well. Source: CNBC, November 14, 2017. You've got to find something that is a motive — that is their motive — in other words … [Read more...]
Prevent reverse delegation
Reverse delegation happens when delegated tasks end up back in your bucket. Dan Rockwell offers 12 sentences to prevent this. Source: Leadership Freak, March 27, 2017. Why reverse delegation happens: You want to be helpful. Over-helpful leaders end up doing other people’s work for them. You don’t see it. Some employees are skillful at delegating work to their … [Read more...]
Eliminate bottlenecks
Spinning too many plates or work with a perfectionist? Check out some good remedies for removing bottlenecks in personal, team and business productivity. Source: Harvard Business Review, March 23, 2016. Bottlenecking puts your career and reputation at risk and takes a significant emotional toll. Learn four root causes of it and their solutions: 1) plate-spinning; 2) people … [Read more...]