December 21, 2017
How many times have you been in a meeting with someone venting about another team member or colleague? I mean venting, ranting, screaming, full of losing it. Only to have that person end the rant with – “this person will never change!”, So if they won’t change, why can’t you? If you had been expecting this other person to change and conform to your standards, why can’t you change and conform to theirs? No one’s stopping you, but you.
December 19, 2017
Call it your worldview or framework, but what they really are, are your Internal Variables. The criteria that define what you, when you do it. They are your MAX_ACTION where you top out listening to someone complain about the same issue for the umpteenth time before moving on. They are your CURRENT_ATTEMPT where you are willing to keep doing something the old way before you realize there has to be a better way. They are your BOOL to realize that some answers are simply YES or No. And sometimes they are your open-ended variable that can hold anything and everything,
December 18, 2017
The Delta Manager is the manager who realizes they don’t know it all, they are in over their head, they are swamped with projects and timelines and deliverables and don’t know what path forward they can take. They are on the verge of paralysis with anyone and everyone lining up at their desk to ask them questions and lay their demands at their feet. They are overwhelmed and exhausted. So here’s where they apply the Delta. They take one thing, one small thing, and they get it done. Then they focus on the next thing. Then the next. They manage
December 12, 2017
Another post for Everyday Power Blog on the need to go jogging (or really go for any portion of exercise) when you are busy. I wrote this a few months ago, probably before I went for a run, and now I definitely need to go for one.
December 8, 2017
If you are responsible for another person or person(s) on a particular task – you are a Leader (congratulations). There does not need to be a distinction between coordinator, manager, leader, chief of this or president of that. You are a Leader. So take a second, think about what direction you want this group of people to go in and take them there. Not sure what the first step is to make that happen? It’s you, moving forward and showing everyone where to go. Project timelines out of whack? Have a meeting to discuss what the team needs to do
