December 21, 2020
You do need to have the drive to find it. No one has all the answers, anyone who thinks they do is wrong (on oh so many levels). But if you are willing to dig in and do what it takes to find the answer. That’s better than reading it and regurgitating it at a meeting or waiting for someone to give it to you.
December 20, 2020
We recorded this episode of Remotely Prepared years (months) ago in September. Amazing how much has changed since then and if you weren’t struggling to lead a team before, you might be feeling the impact now. As Glain (rhymes with Shine -her words) puts it – “Did I really sign up for this?” Check out the episode below – https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/remotely-prepared/id1514693059 Also, check out Glain’s books below; The Grassroots Leadership Revolution Did I really Sign up for this?
December 19, 2020
When you sprint, you know where you are going, you can see the finish line, everyone can, that’s why they are all running fast, because they can see it. But when you can’t see the finish line, sprinting early on doesn’t do much help to you for a variety of reasons; You could be running in the wrong direction. You could have the wrong directions. You don’t know what you’ll need to get there. The team might not know what to do when they get there. Even if you know what direction you’re headed in, do you have the right
December 18, 2020
There is a phrase people don’t want to hear too much. Accountability. Years ago, I remember hearing my former team complaining about a session they had to have with an external trainer on “Accountability” and how it bothered them so much. “We were told we had to start owning what we worked on.” Even though they already were, the hidden message they were all reading was – “We have to start owning what we work on and everything that came before us” – which is impossible. There is a difference between having your team being accountable and micromanaging them. In
December 17, 2020
Nobody “wants” to do the boring work, and yet there it is, always piling up, never going anywhere, until you sit down and start working through the pile. That’s how it works. It doesn’t go anywhere. It doesn’t ask for help. It just sits and waits. Until you do the work to get it done and move onto the next thing. OR, until you figure out a way to get past it being boring, make it valuable, make it important and worthwhile. Than it’s no longer boring work.
