Casey Moore

Where do you stand with your personal and professional goals for the year? Do you remember what they were? It helps to… Casey's eTip: Check in with Your Goals Often Enough The check in can be as simple having them pop-up on your calendar every couple weeks, or re-writing them…

Wait! Don't dismiss this eTip, thinking it doesn't apply to you. Everyone has blind spots, so take some time to... Casey's eTip: Consider Whether You're the Problem Even articulate, typically-kind and "good" people can be difficult to deal with when conflict or dissension arises. Here are some signs that you…

If you're planning to change a process at work (or at home), it's important to… Casey's eTip: Get Input from Those Affected by Change Involve the stakeholders at the start of the planning process and during implementation. Take their preferences and feedback seriously. Many good ideas fail because the people…

Anger is a powerful, useful emotion that can get us into terrible trouble when mishandled, so… Casey's eTip: Treat Your Anger with Careful Calm Anger is an energizing mental and emotional state. It alerts us when something important to us has been damaged or is under threat. That's helpful information.…

"The essence of time management is doing fewer things of greater importance in the time we have," writes Harold Taylor in Making Time Work for You (p. 22), so... Casey's eTip: Do Less to Function Higher and Enjoy More As Taylor also notes (p. 16), "Time is increments of life."…

Delegating requires you to trust others to do what matters. As difficult as it is, you must… Casey's eTip: Delegate Authority, Not Just Responsibility Without granting your team (or family member!) the autonomy and authority to make decisions, you set them up to fail (or, at minimum, feel deeply frustrated).…

Here's an acronym from Harold Taylor to help you remember some delegation best practices... Casey's eTip: DELEGATE Harold's Way The acronym words are Harold's (Making Time Work for You, p. 229) but I use my words for the quick explanations... D: Delegate to all employees, not just your best ones…

People talk about procrastination, but rarely does it get clearly defined. It needs to be so you can… Casey's eTip: Determine Whether You Are Procrastinating or Planning "Procrastination is really the intentional and habitual postponement of some important task that should be done now," writes Harold Taylor in Making Time…

"hose who don't plan are at the mercy of those who do," writes Harold Taylor in Making Time Work for You (p. 62). Casey's eTip: Make Plans So You Live Your Life, Not Someone Else's If that someone is a life partner who shares your interests and goals, then that's…

"That which can be done at any time will be done at no time," goes the saying. Scheduling is the only way to "make time" for what matters, so… Casey's eTip: Plan Your To-Do's on Your Calendar Any task that takes an hour or more belongs at a specific time…