April 1, 2019
Do What Everyone Else is Doing
Or don’t. The choice is yours. (Yes it’s that easy to pick your own path).
Articles for category: Leadership
March 28, 2019
Episode 28: You Can’t Teach Confidence
In our new FastCast format (copyright pending of course but not really) is the answer to the question – “Can you teach someone to be confident”?
March 26, 2019
More Than Superstars
Hiring, anywhere, is the hardest task that you will ever undertake. It’s easy to be lured by the “Superstar” who has accomplished so much or reads well on paper. And perhaps they are that great, resource and amazing as everyone thinks they are. But what happens when they are not there? What happens if everyone on your team comes to depend on the Superstar more than they do themselves? Where does that leave the needs of your team when they fall behind because the Superstar isn’t there to lift them up? Take the best person on your team, remove them
March 1, 2019
Manufactured Entitlement
This is a thing. Where people expect that based on their position they are deserving of special treatment and respect. Where others buy into this sense of entitlement and treat them this way because they have a title, position or qualification. And it is driven by the person that has the title, position or qualification. “Hey I’m the Lead, you should listen to me” “It’s my way or the highway” “Everyone follow me, I’m the Leader” “You guys are lucky to have me running the show” Except they aren’t, because you never gave them the chance to trust you the
February 26, 2019
Meeting Action Items
How many times have you attended a meeting, been given a list of Action Items and then 30 minutes before the meeting scrambled to get them done? On the flip side, how many times have you handed out Action Items from a meeting only to see them being done 30 minutes before the meeting? In both cases, knowing that they are not 30 minute items to complete. The problem with Action Items is we treat them as actions to be done on top of our normal work so they get pushed to the bottom. The Meeting Minutes come out, we