by Liz Guthridge | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
If you read for work, it’s likely you encounter bad writing. Just think about all the email messages, memos, documents and other business writing that you read during the course of a day. Rather than read at a steady pace, you probably hit many speed bumps along the...
by Liz Guthridge | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog
What are you doing as an organization to build trust? If you’re not focusing on your employees, reconsider. Why? Trust in U.S. institutions – as well as the rest of the Western world — has plummeted over the past 12 months, as tracked by the 2017 Edelman...
by Liz Guthridge | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog
What will it take for business to adopt plain language, easy-to-read documents, and lean communications®? They address a business problem right in front of our faces. Even though this problem hurts our performance by sucking our time, draining our energy, and making...
by Liz Guthridge | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog
Can you try to be more vulnerable? Being vulnerable may be the positive self-disrupting move you need to become a better version of yourself. After all, in our VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world, what got you here won’t get you there. Why do you...
by Liz Guthridge | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
What do teeth flossing, meeting agendas, and meeting ground rules have in common? And why should you care about them? They’re examples of “keystone” habits, as explained by author Charles Duhhig in his best seller, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and...
by Liz Guthridge | Dec 19, 2016 | Blog
Who needs another morning chore, especially when you’re already feeling rushed getting out the door and to the office? But if you’re a parent with a child who’s hooked on Elf on the Shelf, you’re expected to find a new perch for the Elf each morning. That way, the...
