November 11, 2020
It sucks. Yes it sucks. It’s not easy (I don’t think it was ever meant to be). A fantastic interview with Heather Caudill on how she has navigated the last year of leading teams remotely and not shying away from the hard conversations that need to happen for her team to succeed. Full episode is here.
November 7, 2020
What does 5% get you? In school it was the difference between a C and a B or a B and a A. If you were to increase the throughput or download speed of your application by 5% that would be significance. If you were starving for space on an overcrowded 5 Terabyte Hard Drive, that’s 250 GB of saved space. Now what if you were able to get an additional 5% out of your team? What about if you were to get 5% extra from that person struggling on your team? You don’t need to get them to do
November 5, 2020
You might be talking a lot these days. Your calendar might be completely blue. And you might be having great discussions. But two weeks later you might also be wondering why nothing is changing and why what you thought were the actions never happened. It could be because you are not structuring your conversations around outcomes you want to see. Outcomes are bigger then agenda items, they are what you need to see happen next, what the next step is, what you want to come from these discussions. The are the next piece. If you aren’t having conversations that look
November 4, 2020
When you can’t go anywhere on vacation, everyone knows where you are. The pull to log in “just once” and check your email. Or respond to that quick SLACK message that shows up on your phone. Or give out your personal cell for people to reach out to you in a pinch. If you choose not to respond, you’re wracked with guilt over letting your team down at a time when you were supposed to be “away”. You wouldn’t treat your team this way, so don’t do it to yourself. If you are planning to be on a “staycation”, do
November 1, 2020
Had a great time recording this episode of Remotely Prepared where we talked about the one hard thing that everyone is struggling with doing right now. Showing Up… especially when you’re a Leader. If you’re not sure how to do it, this is the episode for you to listen to. If you’re not sure if you’re doing it right, this is the episode for you to listen to. And if you’re not sure where to start, just show up and say “Hi”.
