Many leaders consider it a minor thing, but it makes a huge difference to the success of the organization and to employees. It is setting expectations.

It can be hard, annoying work, but the power is there.

Determining what it means to be a leader can be confusing. Our definition is formed over many years of experience. In basic terms, we believe a leader is a mission-centric curator.

Here are leaders' five roles that help them curate talent, resources, influence, and motivation.

By one estimate, the average leader spends 261 hours per year creating and presenting PowerPoint presentations.

News Flash: It’s not an effective way to communicate.

We dive into Cognitive Load Theory (much more exciting than it sounds) to discover why.

Can’t remember things? Good. You passed the “Are you human?” test.

We all forget and do it pretty well because that is how our brains are designed. Our brain is meant to process information and critically think about its meaning. It’s not meant to remember every one of your great-aunts' birthdays. So, give yourself some grace and explore how to process information and how you can do a better job of training your employees to do so as well.

Sure, you are busy. But are you effective? Are you making progress as defined by your organizational goals? Or just busy doing stuff?

A great deal of our work is unaligned with the organization's purpose and, as such, is not of much value.

We explore the disconnect here and offer some tips on how to get aligned and eliminate false progress.

There is nothing worse than being micro-managed. OK, well, maybe one thing - BEING a micromanager.

Some well-intended managers have a habit of sub-optimizing their employees. Unfortunately, micromanaging isn’t managing at all. It’s demanding people mimic you and your style. It’s not an effective management approach.

In this article, we point out some negative effects and offer tips to help you recover from being a micromanager. And if you aren’t the problem, feel free to slip a copy of this article on someone’s desk when they aren’t looking. We’ll attach it as a PDF too.