July 4, 2021
Make sure they add up. Make sure they make sense. The numbers justify your arguments, your purpose, your direction. But when they are off, they become the focus as people try to figure out why they are off, why they are wrong, what goes into them, etc, etc. Instead what you’ll be leaving with, is a discussion about your numbers and not the reason you were there.
July 3, 2021
You have to do it. That’s the cost. Whether it’s putting more effort into running your team meetings. Scaling up your One-On-Ones. Refactoring who does what. Building out people’s growth plans. Whichever the tactic and/or strategy that you are employing, there is a cost, it’s your time and if you’re doing it right, you will feel that cost as you grow as a leader. You will recognize it and realize when and how to employ it. You will learn from your mistakes and get better as you do it more. But make no doubt, there is a cost – your
July 2, 2021
This is one of those knives through the heart type of thing. You have a team working towards a delivery, everyone has their piece that they are responsible for. At the meeting to discuss where things are on the deliverable, the team clearly has a lot left to do and is working through how they are going to accomplish that. You’ve just gone through all the issues when someone chimes in – “My part is done, so there is nothing left to do for me.” When the team is struggling, there is always work left to do. The team delivers
July 1, 2021
Wow, what a way to start a meeting. Why are we here? I had someone ask this at a meeting today and instantly felt like leaving. If you are leading a meeting, if you are in charge of a meeting and you don’t know why you have assembled people here. Than cancel the meeting. Not because they aren’t ready, but because you aren’t.
June 30, 2021
If everyone is using different apps to accomplish the same goal. Then no goal is being accomplished. No tool or app will ever be perfect, but they will be good enough. And good enough is what you need to ship. If you still don’t think it’s good enough and you continue to use multiple apps different then what everyone is using there is only one goal you are accomplishing. Holding your team back from what they really need to be doing.
