#deadlines

#deadlines

This isn't holiday spirit. It's design and a great lesson in influence. If leaders learned how to design decisions the way December does, they would get clarity, alignment, and speed all year, and not just when the calendar runs out. The idea is simple. When options shrink, focus increases. When criteria are explicit, choices become easier. When time is clear, commitment accelerates. The research backs this up.

As last-minute types rush towards the November 19 deadline extension, we look at where some people go wrong. For many workers, especially the self-employed, Halloween wasn't the scariest thing last month: it was the eerie reminder that Revenue is just around the corner, ready to pounce unless they filed their annual tax return.

To earn Best Workplaces for Innovators recognition, all of this year's winners completed an application that addressed questions about projects, investment, company-wide programs, and workplace culture. editors evaluated every application and conducted additional research to generate a score for each company. A separate judging panel reviewed the 125 top-ranked companies to select the overall winner. The judging panel included Tomas Chamorro-Prémuzic, chief innovation officer, Manpower Group;