Two strong recommendations if you are into podcasts and leadership. The Look and Sound of Leadership, by Tom Henschel. Coaching for Leaders, by Dave Stachowiak. They ship respectively monthly and weekly, and they are full of interesting insights and suggestions on how to be a modern leader. If you want to start from somewhere, this … Continue reading Listening and asking
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Beyond up and more
Is up the only way? Is more the only mean to advance? Certainly, that is the popular view. When you are with a company, you figure what your next step would be in terms of career advancement and salary increase. Companies tend to reward with promotions and bigger paychecks their best performers or people with … Continue reading Beyond up and more
Tools
When a company implements a new tool, that is no guarantee the tool is going to fix the issue it was hired to address. Actually, in most cases, it is quite the opposite. A tool is merely a helper, enabling you to do something. It has very little to do with the definition of what … Continue reading Tools
It depends
At some point, we started seeing every situation as a binary option. Win or loose. Good or bad. Give or take. Growth or irrelevancy. With or against me. And so on. That's only a narrow interpretation of how things are. One, perhaps, that makes it easier for us to interpret the complexity of situations right … Continue reading It depends
Popular ideas
Some popular ideas are challenging to understand, and they deserve more respect than what they get nowadays. For example, it is very easy to mistake psychological safety for an environment in which everybody feels safe to do whatever they want, as they won't ever get any criticism. It might hurt them. Similarly, it is easy … Continue reading Popular ideas
Will you take us to Mount Splashmore?
How much do you have to insist before your customers say "yes"? https://youtu.be/s_E0CR01laQ My bank sends me a text every day to tell me there's a message for me in eServices, regarding changes to Terms and Conditions. I should go there, read it and approve it. I still haven't done that. Facebook sends me daily … Continue reading Will you take us to Mount Splashmore?
Are you engaging?
Around the world, only 16% of employees say they are fully engaged with their work (see also here). It is possible that your company is an exception, and yet research shows that it is a whole lot more likely it is not. This means, most of your employees approach their work as just a job. … Continue reading Are you engaging?
