By Ray Williams October 8, 2020 Performance measurement systems have proliferated in the past 20 years, with executives in both the private and public sectors relying on performance metrics for promotion, compensation, strategic planning, and decision-making to...
How Workaholism is Damaging Our Productivity and Well-Being By Ray Williams, April 14, 2019 In Japan they call it “karoshi” and in China it is “guolaosi.” As yet there is no word in English for working yourself to death, but as more and more...
Why We Need An Empathy Revolution in Business By Ray Williams, March 26, 2019 Increasingly, we hear stories of toxic workplaces and toxic leaders in which incivility, abusive behavior and bullying are commonplace, even among those businesses which are...
Why Meetings are Hated and Unproductive: What to do About It By Ray Williams, January 28, 2019 Have you ever sat through a meeting and said to yourself, “what a waste of time, I could be getting my work done.” If your answer is yes, you are not alone. Meetings take up...
Why Perfectionism is So Damaging and What to Do About It By Ray Williams As a culture, we tend to reward perfectionists for their insistence on setting high standards and relentless drive to meet those standards. And perfectionists frequently arehigh achievers...