Nothing like 5, 6, or 8 minor setbacks to frustrate you and make you throw up your hands and go – “Why do I even bother?”. You know why. You might have had 5, 6, or 8 setbacks, but that’s because you’re trying, you’re pushing forward and you’re not giving up and through those setbacks, you’ve become stronger. Don’t even think of giving up.
I dread a meeting that has no clearly defined beginning or end. It just starts… drones on… and ends somewhere… nowhere… anywhere? It doesn’t matter if it’s a 30, 60, 90, or 120-minute meeting, the result will still be the same… frustration at what you could have done during that time. So here we are, again, that meeting pops up that you know is going to end the same way it always does – what’s…
Imagine instead of being thrown into your jobs, your next project, or your work that the first thing you do with a new team is you get to know them. You spent some time getting to know them, talking to them about things they care about, figuring out their work ethic, what their strengths and weaknesses are, etc, etc. Putting together a plan with all of them contributing as to the direction the team should…
The regulars are the ones that show up every day. When times are good, when times are tough, when you’re flying high, or when you’re at the bottom, the regulars always show up for you, each and every day. They can be your family, your childhood friend, or the co-worker that you have kept in touch with year after year. The Regulars get a bad rap for being boring because they are always “there”, but…
Joining a new team is never easy. You don’t know all the “things” and “isms” that make the team work (or are holding them back). Whether it is formal or informal, the new team is always waiting for one thing to happen – the leader to emerge – not to assert their dominance or mastery, but the one that helps out team members, that leads by example, listens, takes their lumps, does the grunt work…