When you let go of things you are not good at, you find the space and energy to double down on your strengths. And, equally importantly, you leave the space to others in your team to do the same. For leaders, this is particularly crucial. We tend to think we should know it all and … Continue reading I do not know
Tag: values
Leaking
Work leaks into your personal life, news and preoccupations leak into your personal life, continuous demands of attention leak into your personal life. And to some extent, that is fine. At some point though, that becomes untenable, and that is precisely what you need to be aware of. When does that happen? How does that … Continue reading Leaking
Stand out
The faster way for you to build a story is to record what you do. Do it daily and consistently, and after a while, as you look back, you will find threads that already are the seed of a narrative. Put them together, water them, double down on recording, and you have everything you need … Continue reading Stand out
Enough people
Change does not happen because you want to. Change happens because enough people want to. And so, the first step towards change is figuring out what others feel about it. You might get stressed, impatient, irritated by the whole process. But if you cannot handle that, how could you handle what is coming after things … Continue reading Enough people
Connection
There is a very powerful idea behind the story of Sitka's remote off-site, described in details in this worthy article (full of tactics that are also applicable to meetings, all-hands, 1-1s and any other way your company has chosen to kill employees motivation). The idea is that when you gather a number of people in … Continue reading Connection
Killer
When you reject, belittle, or forget to follow up to an initiative taken by a member of your team, what happens is next time they will think twice before taking initiative. It is that simple. And the effect compounds for additional rejecting, belittling and forgetting. This is not to say you have to accept and … Continue reading Killer
Agent or spectator
The fact with difficult conversations is that you can delay them, but you cannot delay the negative effects of the situation that made them necessary in the first place. If a colleague is under performing and you have to pick up their slack, silence will not improve things. If your boss is not giving you … Continue reading Agent or spectator
Care enough
Your colleague does not know how to proceed with their project, there is not much you can do about it. The executive team has made a decision about a new direction for the company, there is not much you can do about it. That member of your team is demotivated and you are pretty sure … Continue reading Care enough
Hard work
Hard work, they say, will lead you to success. But hard work is not working 14 hours a day, weekends included, allowing yourself little sleep, few acquaintances, overworking your team members, writing three paragraphs when one would be enough, replying to all incoming emails within minutes, taking more tasks than you can handle because a … Continue reading Hard work
Getting past
Life is not about avoiding problems, for the simple reason that problems, challenges, difficulties are an intrinsic part of life itself. Life is more about identifying problems and finding the courage to stand right in front of them saying: "I will get past you". And it is true both for the problems that surround us … Continue reading Getting past
