You might have heard this phrased another way – “Reading between the Lines” – but what we’re asking you to do is listen for what is happening between the words. Are you not getting what is being asked of you? Are you asking for confirmation that you understood their issue? Are you arguing for what you want vs what they need? Listening between the words is figuring out the context, where the information is coming…
In Managing Tasks, it was all about your work but what about when you are having to manage other people’s work? What do you do when you are responsible for someone else’s work but you’re not the one that is doing it? What do you then? We all lay out our work differently but when I’m responsible for what someone else is delivering the requirements are still the same; Do I understand what you have written? …
No one gets it right the first time, but within them is the ability to get there. The question then is not whether this person will get there. The question is whether you are willing to invest everything you can in them, the individual, your team, to see them get there. Will you grow the potential or leave it to someone else?
The term expert is a tough one because, with the constant change that surrounds us, you’re only an expert for a short period of time before you need to learn something new to maintain your status. Certifications don’t make you an expert, good, but not an expert. You need experience, you need failure, you need the screw-ups and the attempts to make it better. This isn’t a knock against certifications, it’s just a fact, you…
There is always the base work to get done before success is achieved. It’s called the Grind. It’s showing up, getting it done, learning more, trying more, failing more, succeeding eventually, never giving up, and working as hard as you can because one day, one moment, one time – you will have reached what you had hoped to achieve. You will have ground it out and the question is whether it will be worth it.…