It’s why we brought you on. It’s why you’re leading the team. It’s why you were sent to the customer site. It’s why you are on a plane to deliver that sales presentation. It’s why you started your own company. It doesn’t have to be the popular call, the right one, or the best one. But you need to make a call… because we’re all waiting.

It’s the only way you are going to realize what you need to do to get better for next time. And if you’re leading a team, then the impetus to fall down is even greater. Because they will learn from you and follow the path you lay out for them.

In everything you do, you are a leader. You might not know it yet or maybe you look at other leaders in your team and think “that’s not me, I can’t be like them, they just “know” stuff… sigh”. You don’t need a formally structured team to be a leader.  Helping a customer’s development team understand the latest coding interface you created is leadership, working with internal users on user experience testing or demonstrating…

I’ve often been asked what Leadership style/method do I use as well as listening to what others prescribe. I’ve always found this an odd question because I’ve always thought one of the great components of a great Leadership style is being able to switch up your style based on a variety of factors in play – environment, people, delivery, projects, – and many more. However, if there are three components that I believe every Leader…

Someone makes a wrong assumption – they must be evil. Someone accidentally sends you a connection request – it must be automated. Someone tries something new and fails – they don’t know what they are doing. Someone makes a suggestion without knowing all the facts – they couldn’t be bothered wasting their time to read your work. We can always choose to assume you the worst or we could start assuming the best and see…