Fear of making mistakes can be paralyzing or can result in taking action that isn’t best for the organization or prohibiting you from taking the necessary action to truly advance. This cycle is hard to get out of, thus causing you to make the same type of mistake again and again without learning from it. Embrace the fact that mistakes happen, and sometimes you can benefit from making mistakes, iterating and moving forward. In our latest blog we discuss why it’s important to make mistakes, and how you can turn a mistake into a success.

"Some days I know I've worked all day long, and yet there is still so much to get done. I check the clock and 8 hours have passed, but where has the time gone? A look at my calendar validates my suspicions. I'm spending too much time in meetings!

A quick Google search confirms the average person spends approximately half of their work week in meetings. If we tallied up the time spent on emails, and answering instant messages, I wonder how much time we'd have left over for the work we need to get done.

In order to free up more working hours, we have to strike the right balance between meetings, email and IMs. We offer up some ideas on how you can use each of the communication methods to effectively engage with your team in our latest blog post, "When Delivery's Half the Battle".