Tag: values

More than a higher salary

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If your team complains about something, it’s not because they are spoiled, naive, or junior. If they complain often, that’s even more true.

There’s probably some deeper issues behind their behaviour. They might not feel motivated, or they might have the impression they are not free to make their own decisions, or they might just be disoriented by the continuously moving targets.

It’s your responsibility as a team lead to figure that out, because you can’t really start talking about performance, goals, development, until you clear the air and tackle the complaints.

And “tackle” is not about blindly accepting all request, but rather managing them.

“Here is how we are going to do this”.

“Here is why we can’t do that.”

“Here is who is going to be responsible for the other thing.”

And so on.

Being a manager is more than a higher salary.

By the end of this week

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What’s one thing you can get done this week?

Perhaps it’s something you are waiting feedback on, something that got stuck in a process, something you are waiting to kick start in the new year, something you have never found the time for, something that would require help from somebody else.

Will you commit to get it done this week? Will it be done by Sunday evening?

Small commitments we take with ourselves, and the developing capacity to deliver on them, make all the difference in the world.

Forceful

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You can’t pretend to know what’s better for others. Not even your dear ones.

And you can’t pretend others will come to you when they need something. Or express that in a way that makes what they need clear.

What you can and should do, instead, is to be aware of and vocal about what is better for you. And be adamant about it.

It might actually be so that it will help others figure out their own stuff. Or at least, if you are the person that will help or not.

The things you are not doing

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Most of the things you are not doing now you won’t be doing any time in the future.

Sure, you can take a mental note, reserve a spot on your calendar, stick a note on your screen. But truth is, more things will come to take their place, and eventually the initial task, idea, project will be erased from any list.

Figure out what matters early and get to it right away.

Action first

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This tweet explains clearly why doing is more important than achieving, why action comes before motivation, why you ought to choose journey over destination.

We often get stuck trying to figure out what is the best scenario, what we want to be tomorrow, what else we can get. And the only antidote to that is doing.