December 16, 2024
You don’t just start trusting each other. It’s not something that happens on the first, second, thirtieth, or seven thousandth day. It just happens. It happens when the team has put in the daily bits to make it happen. It happens when the team has put in the effort to get there. It happens when the team has committed to the result, irrespective of the costs. Don’t force it, guide it, support it, then it will happen.
December 15, 2024
You will lose a team member. You can’t always plan for it, but it will happen. It will not be of your own choosing. But it will happen. And when it does… I wish them well, success, the best of luck, and support, for they will need it. Starting over, at a new place, a new job, a new team is never easy. It wasn’t meant to be, but they are taking a step forward in their development, their career, their growth. Be there for them, just as you would want someone there for you.
December 14, 2024
Tools are great for making tasks you know and understand go faster. I.e., I know how to use a screwdriver, a drill is much faster, and the purpose of the drill is to make holes and screw in screws faster. I know the problem, I have the solution. However, if you are buying a tool that you “think” will solve a problem, but doesn’t really and adds a lot of overhead to what you are doing – it’s not going to help you. In our simplistic example above, I could buy a hammer drill (not great for screwing things in,
December 13, 2024
You can sell “overcomplexity”, “you wouldn’t understand” and “don’t worry about its” for a period of time. But as soon as someone asks “Why?” – the selling period is over because now you need to explain “why it’s so complex”, “why no one else would understand” and “why, in fact, everyone should understand what is happening. Selling overcomplexity only works until someone says – “we could do it this way.”
December 12, 2024
Too much on your plate? Start chopping. Too much to get done? Start chopping. Too many thoughts running through your head? Start chopping. We’re past the whole “say no” to new things, you already said yes, so now your options are to keep going or to start chopping and moving on the tasks that matter to you and that you want to get done.
