July 5, 2024
One chainsaw – consistently starts, is kind of powerful, doesn’t give up, keeps chugging, and needs some maintenance. Another chainsaw – new, strong, has the potential to do a lot, gets temperamental when you don’t position it properly or get the timing of the start wrong. Both do the same thing – cut wood, when you don’t want to be cutting wood because you need to cut wood. Which one are you going with?
June 28, 2024
When something in your house breaks, you generally need to go find a part to fix it. You go to the store, you find the part, and then you figure out how to take the old, broken part off and put the new shiny one on. Sometimes they fit perfectly like a glove, like they were designed for it. But most times they don’t, either what you have is too old and you are now trying to mesh it with something new or vice-versa. Regardless, you push to make it work, because if you don’t, well, whatever that thing that
June 18, 2024
How often do you check-in with your team? I don’t mean a sprint meeting, I mean an actual check-in? We put a lot of focus on this during the pandemic, but are you still doing it? Why not? No time, no love for the team? If you’re not checking in with your team, how do you know how they are doing? Do you know how they are doing? You probably don’t, and if you don’t, you don’t know how they are doing and where they are going – and that’s what you’re missing out on.
June 5, 2024
If you don’t have a team, get a team. A team can be anyone, random coworkers, related coworkers, family, or whatever. But get a team. And when you don’t know the answer. You ask the team, you leverage their skills and abilities in what you are trying to accomplish. That’s what they are there for, to help and support you. So get a team.
May 9, 2024
Teams are about picking the right people. Not always the best, but the right. With the right people, the team can do anything. With the wrong, they will never rise above where they are. What goes into being the right people – so much, and it’s different wherever you go but at its core – they have to be willing to change, to grow, to know when to lead and when to team and lastly they have to want to be there – from there, you can teach them anything.
