Even when you screw up. Even when you have to read the documentation again. Even when it doesn’t make sense. Even when you are sore and beat down. Even when you aren’t sure where to start next. Keep. Showing. Up.
I’ve held off on adding new categories to my posts for a while now as I generally think what you do comes down to behaviors of work that you do, but I know I’ve been writing about different areas of work that I’d like to bring more to the forefront and I’m also looking to change some of the content that I’ll be writing about. You’ll start seeing new categories such as Team (for remote,…
The event to get organized is the most exciting event because you’re not really doing anything, you’re organizing the things that will happen. It’s the plan for the plan with a splash of optimism and hope because everything is possible. But like any party, it’s the after-party that’s the big show, and that’s when it gets interesting because that’s when you start to look at how to implement what you came up with in the…
When someone leaves your team, there is a window from the point when they announce when they are leaving to when they actually leave. That window is the amount of time you have to get all of the training this person has learned in their time with you and download it to another person. These are the interactions you don’t want to push off and you want to kick off as soon as possible to…
It’s akin to the meeting for the meeting. Or the email to send an email. If you’re having a meeting to discuss the plan, then come up with your plan but don’t have a meeting to plan the plan that you are going to create. You’ll always get more traction by showing up with something and whether it gets torn apart, upgraded, or left as is – it will be a much better starting point.