So what do you think? Is this what you want? Am I on the right track? Tough questions when via email, chat, voice or more importantly standing right in front of you asking you face-to-face. If you are in the business of constantly being asked for feedback by your peers or direct reports than you should check out this piece written by Seth Godin on giving feedback. It provides a great set of guidelines and…
Whether your in a position of authority or leadership or simply the gal whose been assigned to get a task done where whatever little bit of authority you have could be gone tomorrow when you move onto the next project the question is always the same – should I ask or should I tell? One could argue that the end “task completion” result will always be higher when you tell someone what to do, after all…
Many airlines now push for us to use our phone for check-in and use as little paper as possible. Even hotel and car bookings can all be done electronically – give them your email address – get your booking information, time and date and pickup, how long you are staying, is there a pool in the hotel, etc, etc, etc. All this push to do everything electronically. Sometimes I am not the person booking…
Thirty-One days ago I joined the altMBA class and today it ends. It started off with a bang and end with a loud KABOOM! Every week I felt like this gif of Kermit, typing furiously to ship once, twice and keep on shipping, day in and day out. On top of that, I worked to keep up with all the reading on my plate as well as reading and contributing to others. I’m not going to…
Whether it’s professional, recreational or personal we are all at some point in our lives coaches to other, helping those that work with us, look up to us or perhaps have even paid for our services – we are coaches – formal or informal. As coaches, we have the experience, we have the knowledge, we have the game play all wrapped up in our head. We know the stats, we know what has worked and…