by Michael Holland     In your quest for leadership success you must leverage every minute of every day.  Back-to-back meetings, constant emails arriving, new initiatives, demanding deadlines, uninitiated employees and a personal life.  Lunchtime is reserved for squeezing in whatever work can be accomplished while rushing to inhale some semblance of food.  Catching up on emails [...]

by Michael Holland     Watching a mom in Panera Bread yesterday ignore her 3- year-old son’s tantrum – which was likely his umpteenth tantrum of the day – puts great perspective on a Power Thought from Norman Vincent Peale. “It isn't worth it to spend $1,000 worth of emotion on a five-cent irritation” With all the irritations that [...]

by Michael Holland     To fully function in your role as a leader, you should focus on the conceptual and human aspects of the position more than the technical. The challenge is that many of us are most comfortable and most experienced in the technical aspects of the job. It’s our comfort zone and it’s hard [...]

by Michael Holland     What can you accomplish in the 38 days? During 38 days in late 2009, Jacob Shell endured a rare transplant procedure at The Children’s Hospital in Boston.  As you might know, Jacob Shell, of ShellStrong fame, was 8 years old at the time and had neuroblastoma, a very difficult cancer.  During this [...]

by Michael Holland     Are you investing 13 minutes a day planning your work?  How about your employees? Productivity increases significantly when we make conscious decisions about what to work on and for how long. Planning allows us to be proactive rather than reactive and to work for results rather than filling time fighting fires or [...]

by Michael Holland     How many emails do you receive on any given day?  Formal and informal studies differ on a solid average but the range runs from 48 to 75.  The addiction to email is real.  You need to immediately respond to the ding or ring indicating a message has arrived.  For leaders today, the [...]

by Michael Holland      There's a point in time when you have to decide if you will take ownership of your time or allow the beast (the company, the boss, the customer, the colleague, the employees, the family) to own you and your time.  Awhile back, I adjusted my perspective from seeing time as [...]

by Michael Holland     Your employees have resident expertise and knowledge that is likely to be valuable to others in the organization.  Take some time to inventory the expertise and create a communication to market the expertise to others in the organization. Provide a “who to call list” to your internal customers which will highlight the [...]