When the world feels unstable and unpredictable, how can you make future plans that you can rely on? Join the team this week as they discuss living in a VUCA (volatile, unstable, complex, ambiguous) world.
Be it your career or home life, goal setting is crucial for achieving the things we want, but it can be hard to set goals that stick. So join the Mind Tools team and discover actionable goal-setting techniques for both individuals and managers.
In this week's episode of Pain Points we talk artificial intelligence (AI) – what it is, what it isn't, and what it means for the future of work.
How would you like to be a bit more organized at work? This week on Pain Points, Jonathan and guests test out six different organizational tools, to help you find the right approach for you.
What does it take to balance work duties with family responsibilities? And how can you be a good manager to parents in your team? Join us this week as we discuss life as a working parent – the highs, the lows, and how to make the most of it for everyone.
Your organization's mission is what keeps everyone pulling in the same direction. But with more people working remotely than ever before, vital links to the mission can be broken. In Pain Points, we reveal how to ensure everyone's connected and inspired.
How do you put in a great performance without punishing yourself with perfectionism? And how do you guard against harmful perfectionism within your team? Pain Points explores what perfectionism is, why it's such a problem, and what you can do about it.
The Pain Points podcast explores managing someone new. What are your responsibilities? How much supervision does a newbie need? And how much time should you give them to settle in before the real work begins?
When your people work to different schedules and from various places, how do you connect meaningfully, so that you can build relationships and be as creative and collaborative as you'd like? That's the latest challenge for the Pain Points podcast team!
Praise is a powerful tool to build relationships and boost performance. But you have to get it right. Find out how to perfectly pitch your praise in this episode of the Pain Points podcast. We discuss the pitfalls of praisegiving – and how to avoid them.
Giving a good presentation is a skill that anyone can learn. In the first episode of our two-parter on presenting like a pro, the Mind Tools team explores the best ways to prepare for presentations, including how to calm your nerves!
In part two of our podcast about presenting, learn how to use nervous energy to your advantage... overcome problems on the day... cope with distractions... manage interactions... and deliver a presentation to be proud of!
