It’s yours. If you called the meeting, all eyes are on you. And they are waiting. For what you are going to say and what you are going to do. The first ten minutes are yours to set the direction and set the tone. If you are discussing numbers and dates, come with numbers and dates – don’t spend the first ten minutes searching for them. If you are discussing problems, come with the problem…
It’s a line, it’s a minimum, it’s the baseline for what you need to be successful. It’s where you are starting. It’s who you are as a leader and where you need to go. It is the starting point of the path you are going to take. It’s the basic level you are at. And it’s from here you will grow to become a better leader. But first, you have to know where you are…
It’s sad but inevitable, the shift in remote work has now turned to pay cuts to subsidize unused buildings. Or maybe for some other cost-cutting initiative. We get pretty riled up on this episode of Remotely Prepared – “Remote Pay Cuts”
One day you are going to pick a product or tool to do a job that just doesn’t fit. Maybe it doesn’t work, maybe it doesn’t line up, maybe it simply doesn’t do what it was supposed to do. The only question in your mind is – “Now what am I supposed to do?” At this stage you have two options; Do a ton of work around this tool or product (I’m looking at you…
Coming up with values shouldn’t be hard, it shouldn’t take long and should be easily accomplished. Values are a great way to say – “hey whatever we do, they always have to be rooted in this, if they are not rooted in this, we should consider not doing it because they are not part of our values.” It’s not complicated, it’s not stressful, you don’t need a day to do it, and you can start…