Shani Harmon
Writer and Contributor at Freelance
Expert in collaborative work practices that actually work
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2 days ago |
forbes.com | Shani Harmon
In this moment, with the incessant chaos swirling all around us, it’s natural to want to bury your head in the sand. At the individual level, keeping your head down seems like a pretty good strategy. But at the organization level, where leaders need the team to stay engaged and to move fast as the context changes, the “turtle” strategy can be disastrous. A boost of energy and optimism is a good way to get your own head out of the sand. One way I reset is through an annual wellness retreat.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Shani Harmon
There are 1,440 minutes in a day. That’s a lot less than most of us need to sleep, exercise, eat, run errands, and do our best at work. Sadly, however, that’s what we’ve got. The Earth is not going to rotate any slower than it does, and no amount of daylight savings time will change our finite allotment of minutes. While we can’t change the clock, we can change our relationship with it. To do so, we must shift our mindset from one of time scarcity to one of time abundance.
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4 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Shani Harmon
Ever driven to work only to get there and have the eerie feeling that you were checked out the whole time? Like the car drove itself? Mental autopilot is a real thing. It has a tendency to kick in when we’re a) set firmly in a routine and b) when we’re otherwise busy, stressed, or preoccupied. Two conditions typically found in – you guessed it – our everyday work lives. In the workplace, it can be especially easy to default to the way things have always been done. Need to figure something out?
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Shani Harmon
Tick tock. Tick tock. Every day, valuable time is leaking out of your organization. Research suggests that 25 percent of the workday is wasted on distractions and common points of collaborative friction. That two hours of meetings you sat through yesterday during which nothing was accomplished? That’s time leak. Here’s the thing about leaks – even ones that seem small eventually spread. And the longer you let them go, the bigger the problem you’re going to have.
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2 months ago |
forbes.com | Shani Harmon
On the list of skills, behaviors, or attributes your organization measures and rewards, is “generous collaborator” on the list? I would hazard a guess that it’s not. Most organizations measure success through hard numbers such as the highest number of closed deals or the most positive KPIs. But the best collaborator? “Good team player” will likely get you a pat on the back, but not the big bonus. It’s time to think differently about what you tolerate and what you reward.
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Reimagining Work: Step 1 https://t.co/ovqnTxhwhu Via @Forbes
How do you change the mindset of an organization? Telling has never been an effective strategy for change. It’s the doing that makes the impact. And since action follows beliefs, start there if you want to see a new meeting culture take root. https://t.co/tnIyJzMRJ4
