March 22, 2017
Passion? Decisiveness? Heart? Collaboration? Team? Brains? Numbers? Will? Drive? Culture? Profit? Methodology? Lead with any, all, more, less or none of these, pick the ones you want, throw away the rest, but identify how you want to lead, stick to it and make it happen.
March 13, 2017
I have found that the best way to learn from those that are better than you is definitely not to do any of the following; Show them what you know first. Acknowledge that you are already doing everything they are saying. Push them to merely “get to the point”. Argue with them. You are there to learn (accept that), one of the best ways to learn is to watch those people in action (how they work with a customer, how they interact on social media, how they draw the feet, etc, etc) and be patient. We all want to be the
March 6, 2017
When you had to stay up all night to study for that big exam – who told you that was a good idea? What about when you had that speech due and you spent hours and hours cramming for it to make sure you could read it without any cue cards? And when the option was first presented to you, to choose your own classes that meant something to you, who made that decision for you? You did. As we get older, it sometimes feels as though we have become cattle, being pushed down a path we don’t want. We then
February 28, 2017
There is a slew of tools to ensure you’re constantly in contact with your team – SLACK, Skype, Hangouts – to name a few. Sometimes we use these as scheduled interactions and mass announcement platforms with more one way then both way communications. But the moments that generate the genuine gratitude from your teams are the random interactions – the text message to grab a bite, the call to see what’s up and how it’s going, the email to see if you need help with anything you are working on. It’s not the medium that we need to get better
February 27, 2017
It’s easy to look at a game, a job, a task, an anything and get down on yourself for having messed up and lost. So easy in fact that we don’t need anyone’s help to see what went wrong. But as a Leader, you need to pivot, you need to step back, this game is over, this project is done and now it’s time to focus on the next one. Even if it’s not over, you need to dig deep and focus on your team – what moments they shone in, where they did well and where they need to improve.
