Wired for Success

How to fulfill your potential.

by Ray B. Williams

Why It’s Time for Quiet, Introverted Leaders

Recent research reveals that today’s workplace may be more suited to introverted, quiet leaders. Read More

Why It’s so Hard to Unplug From the Digital World

You may be dependent or even addicted to the digital virtual world. What’s more, digital world dependence may be physically disconnecting you from others and your inner self. Read More

Is Gen Y embracing collaborative rather than individual consumption?

What if the concept of individual ownership was changed to shared ownership? Read More

Are CEO Salaries Out of Control?

Today, American CEOs of large corporations are paid outrageously large amounts of money compared to foreign CEOs, and the gap between those salaries and that of the average worker is widening dramatically. Read More

Why Meetings Kill Productivity

My experience in working with executives and managers is that 40-50 percent of their time is taken up with meetings, that either they call, or have to attend. Which leaves precious little time left to actually get work done. Read More

Why Brainstorming Doesn't Improve Productivity or Creativity

Brainstorming is a widely used technique for groups to develop varied and fresh perspectives on an issue, problem or project, and it is frequently used by leaders and consultants, with the assumption that it increases both productivity and creativity. That assumption may not be true. Read More

Why Steve Jobs was not a leader

Now that he is dead, legions of management consultants, academics and business leaders extol Steve Jobs’ virtues as a leader. But is it deserved? I believe not, if you take a balanced look at what constitutes good leadership in modern organizations. Read More

How Teamwork Can Damage Productivity

Work is now commonly organized into teams in most organizations, and conventional wisdom is that working in groups is more productive than individual work. Yet, research on work in groups shows that teamwork can actually inhibit or even damage productivity. Read More

Mind control: Neuroscience in marketing

Knowledge from neuroscience has emerged as one of the biggest breakthroughs in business-particularly marketing and advertising-in decades. Read More

Has the Glass Ceiling Become the Concrete Ceiling?

While there are many individual gender equity accomplishments to celebrate, the overall picture is not rosy, particularly in the U.S. Read More

Workaholism and the myth of hard work

Workaholism is the respectable addiction in our society but it's costing organizations in terms of loss of productivity, poor relationships and employee engagement. Read More

Is Facebook Good Or Bad For Your Self-Esteem?

Does Facebook enhance your self-esteem or does the popular method of connecting with people and "making friends," actually detract from a strong sense of self? There appears to be conflicting perceptions and evidence regarding this question. Read More

What Price Will We Pay for Greed?

"Greed is good," Gordon Gekko trumpeted in the movie Wall Street. And don't the past few years provide plenty of evidence for that assertion? But while popular stereotypes often depict poor people as the most likely to lie and steal, new research shows that it's actually the wealthy who tend to behave unethically. Read More

Is It Time to Ban Emails Because They Reduce Productivity?

Not a day goes by when I’m working with organizations about how to improve communication and relationships than a complaint about emails comes up as a constant frustration and obstacle to productivity. Read More

What Are the Keys to a Successful Career?

Here are some insights to help shape, advance and revitalize the careers of executives and managers. Read More

Is It Time to Reconsider the Purpose of Amateur Sports?

Thirty million children are involved in youth sports in North America, under the direction of 4.5 million coaches and 1.5 million administrators. When these programs place inordinate emphasis on competition and winning, they become detrimental rather than beneficial. Read More

Why Networking Is the Essential Professional Skill

Networking is increasingly being promoted as both a business and personal social skill. There's no doubt that both the social media form of networking and personal face-to-face networking has become a fundamental part of the modern landscape. Read More

Why the Value of the MBA Has Declined

Few business school and particularly MBA programs or executive training programs adequately address the importance of developing leaders. Read More

Do We Work for Money or Love for the Job?

The question of what motivates employees more—financial compensation or things that are more intrinsic—is the subject of ongoing debate and new research. New research that shows no link between rising GDP and life satisfaction/happiness complicates the issue even further. Read More

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Wired for Success is a blog that focuses on workplace issues of leadership, organization, employee motivation and engagement, productivity and relationships