We each have our own limit. Where we get to the end and then we go into overload. The key part is to ensure that we don’t go beyond that, that we operate at it or below it. We also know when it’s coming and to take on more, is asking for it to happen. The worst time to worry about Overload, is when you’re already overloaded, it’s too late, you have no bandwidth. The…
Over the last two years, we led by Zoom or Email because we had to, it was the best we had to offer. But today we don’t have to, these are tools that you can use, but they are not a magical multipurpose tool that does it all. Leading my email might get your message across very clearly and concisely, but you’ll always need to follow-up to make sure everyone “gets” what you mean. Don’t…
There are 85 steps you need to take to deliver that project. All 85 are important. You can’t skip one and expect to be successful. There is an order to those steps that you know are the path to success that you need to take. In your head, you can see them all coming together and working and crystalizing in front of you. But your team can’t, your stakeholders can’t and your customers definitely don’t…
You don’t build a process for one person. You figure out why that person isn’t following the process in place for everyone. Processes, whether how informal or small or based on culture idioms, are what helps your team service and function. You might not call them a process, someone else might but if you’re building a separate flow, rule, guideline, or process for One, you’re choosing to give them an exception to what the rest…
When building a new team, the most important factors to look for; What do you need? When do you need it by? Can they help you get to what you need? Do they have time to be on the team? Everyone wants to be on the team, but whether they can help with what you need and whether they have the time to be on the team? These are the critical factors that will define…