It is understable to be wanting to learn from winners. To look up to them as if they were demi-god, to try to absorb all of their practices, strategies, tactics, to susped our disbelief when reading of their heroic feats, to become at times obsessed with their words and spread them as if they were … Continue reading Give me your losers
Category: leadership
Out of fear
I was enjoying some of the early Spring ("early" for Finnish standards) with my daugther yesterday, as she was playing on the trampoline. She was jumping amazingly, doing flips I had never seen her doing before. She was gaining confidence, until she miscalculated and slightly hit her head on the rubber surface of the trampoline. … Continue reading Out of fear
Against denigration and disregard
We attach labels to people and groups of people, partly because we try to make sense of what we do not understand, and partly to reinforce our identity and belonging to a different group. "People that are born in that period are weak." "People that work in that team are lazy." "People that come from … Continue reading Against denigration and disregard
Messages that spread and stick
Few days back, I was skimming through a book I found at work (Lencioni's The Advantage), and I found a very appropriate metaphor for how communication works in the workplace. According to the author, it's like in the old sketch where the wife is mad at her husband since he never says that he loves … Continue reading Messages that spread and stick
Time
Time is limited and it is one of the most critical resources. Contrary to money, that can be spent on multiple different things (when you have it), time is a trade-off matter. And for this reason, how it is invested is extremely important. I do not have time to develop my team members. I am … Continue reading Time
Trust can be given
When we say that trust needs to be earned, what we are really saying is that we are afraid and we want to maintain control over the situation. We are afraid because we do not know the other person, we have no history with them, we are unsure they can deliver as good a job … Continue reading Trust can be given
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What if the next Democratic candidate at the White House would start their campaign speech by saying: "I do appreciate the work the Trump administration has done so far, particularly for what concerns the boost to the economy, the renovated focus on national security and the efforts put into establishing a negotiating table with North … Continue reading Add or subtract
