The coin. The clicks. The referrals. The follow-up work. The learning. The exposure. The freedom. You could be doing it for all these reasons and more (or less) – the problem is we often don’t know why we are doing something and then when our motivations, our reasons for doing it change – we get stressed, angry, or mad that it’s not what we want. The problem is we don’t know our motivation and nothing…
A not often asked question, how many meetings can you handle in a week and still be productive? We take away meetings giving you back 10 minutes, an hour, a day – but does that come close to getting to your threshold or is it the equivalent of removing some kindling from a burning fire? Your weekly meeting threshold is like the bug bar, when you reach it, you don’t blast through it, you figure…
Anyone can lead. Anyone can get a job or hold a position that has some time of leadership role to it. And yet, not everyone can lead with intent. Not everyone can commit to it, focus on those they lead, develop programs for their growth and development, take them out of the fire, and lead them somewhere different. But those who do, get the most out of what they do, put in the effort, stand-alone,…
No plan, no action. No action, no results. No results, you never had a chance. The plan doesn’t have to be complicated. I still can’t get into any type of project software and find bullet points and checklists the best thing available to me. But there is always a plan.
If your framework is overcomplicated, if it requires many steps to get up and running. If the space between start and success is a long battle fraught with many discussions, forum posts, and chats to get there. Chances are adoption won’t happen as quickly as you want it to. Adoption, in any framework, is key and critical to design. If people can’t easily get into it, it doesn’t matter what it can do.