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Never Be Late to a Meeting Again with these 8 Power Moves

Never Be Late to a Meeting Again with these 8 Power Moves

Bottom Line Upfront: Do you remember the last time you realized a meeting started without you or that you missed a meeting altogether? As a high-performing Operator, one power move is setting a phone alarm before each meeting. Seven more essential battle-tested meeting tactics are below.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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I Don’t Have an Open Door Policy (and Recommend You Don’t Either)

I Don’t Have an Open Door Policy (and Recommend You Don’t Either)

Bottom Line Upfront: Whether working remotely or in-office, an ‘Open Door Policy’ communicates that interrupting at any time is acceptable. An ‘Open Calendar’ protocol is a much better approach that maximizes ‘Deep Thinking Work Cycles’ so you and your team can out-innovate your competition.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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Stop, Conquer, Grow: How a Stop-Doing List Can Turbocharge Your Goals

Stop, Conquer, Grow: How a Stop-Doing List Can Turbocharge Your Goals

Bottom Line Upfront: To achieve a higher level of performance professionally and personally, every Operator should maintain a prioritized Stop-Doing List. Learn the research-backed structure to get the most out of yours.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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Level Up Your Goals: Increase Your Chances for Success with These 7 Essential Elements

Level Up Your Goals: Increase Your Chances for Success with These 7 Essential Elements

Bottom Line Upfront: Get more of your work, team, and personal goals across the finish line by applying an elite-level goal-setting framework, including designing a goal-achievement system.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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This Missing Item is Wrecking Your Team’s Ability to Concentrate and Consistently Deliver Quality Work

This Missing Item is Wrecking Your Team’s Ability to Concentrate and Consistently Deliver Quality Work

Bottom Line Upfront: Many leaders fall short and tolerate productivity-zapping work cultures where constant distraction is the default. Learn how a ‘Communication Escalation Protocol’ eliminates distractions and gives everyone more time to focus and deliver better results.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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[Vacation Series] Stop Dreading Your Return to Work! 7 Pro Moves for an Easy Reentry

[Vacation Series] Stop Dreading Your Return to Work! 7 Pro Moves for an Easy Reentry

Bottom Line Upfront: You and your team deserve vacations without the overwhelming reentry stress. Implement these practical power moves to eliminate work-related vacation anxiety.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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[Vacation Series] Mastering Out of Office Messaging: Set Expectations So You Can Finally Vacation Well

[Vacation Series] Mastering Out of Office Messaging: Set Expectations So You Can Finally Vacation Well

Bottom Line Upfront: Templatize your Out of Office communications to ensure more restorative vacations while setting clear expectations.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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3 Ways a ‘Commander Intent’ Mindset Empowers Operators to Achieve Extraordinary Results

3 Ways a ‘Commander Intent’ Mindset Empowers Operators to Achieve Extraordinary Results

Bottom Line Upfront: Commander Intent is a foundational operational leadership approach critical to effectively and efficiently assigning work.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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Behind the Curtain Questions from ‘Time Architecture: Transition From Stressed and Distracted to Focused’

Behind the Curtain Questions from ‘Time Architecture: Transition From Stressed and Distracted to Focused’

Bottom Line Upfront: Five smart follow-up questions (and answers) to my Time Architecture presentation to a group of high-performing leaders and operators.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle
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Are 'Core Weeks' a Hybrid Work Solution for Your Organization?

Are 'Core Weeks' a Hybrid Work Solution for Your Organization?

Bottom Line Upfront: Core Weeks appear to be a worthy hybrid model for Operators running organizations with remote workers across geographic boundaries.

Steve Kahle
Steve Kahle