Joel T. SandersAug 20, 20204 minTrack Actual Versus Planned Time in a Calendar to Improve LeadershipPlanning is a key leadership quality, and leadership starts with leading yourself. Therefore, how well you plan something as simple—or...
Joel T. SandersAug 7, 20203 minHow Would You Reinvent Your Company (or Yourself) If You Had to Start Over?This question was posed to me in an entrepreneurs group called The 150. I faced the challenge of reinventing myself a year ago when I put...
Joel T. SandersJul 30, 20204 minSorry, Jeff Bezos: We Can't Eliminate Bullet Points in Our CompanyI recently wrote a post on Jeff Bezos' longtime insistence that Amazon employees prepare narrative memos to guide internal meetings....
Joel T. SandersJul 24, 20204 minOverwhelmed With Work? Congratulations, You May Be On the Way to a BreakthroughIf you're reading this, you're likely a knowledge worker who has an impossible number of projects you're juggling, and an infinite number...
Joel T. SandersJul 16, 20203 minTalk Less and Think More in Meetings to Improve Outcomes"Narrative structure...forces better thought and better understanding of what's more important than what, and how things are related." -...
Joel T. SandersJul 8, 20202 minCandid Conversations With and Without the CEO in the RoomYesterday I published an article on the psychology of sunk costs, and how entrepreneurs are particularly susceptible to throwing good...
Joel T. SandersJul 7, 20203 minWhy CEOs Are So Committed to Their Mistakes—And How a COO Can HelpThe CEO's role is one of direction, lofty goals, and leadership—more emotion. COOs fall more into the camp of process, systems, and...