One of the most challenging aspects of moving into leadership is the decision making required of leaders. And one of the hardest sets of decisions new leaders face is how to spend their time. Here is the bottom line: No one will manage your time for you. You’ll face tons of requests for meetings, which …
Maybe you’ve heard the quote before: “Vision without execution is hallucination.” I’ve seen it attributed to Thomas Edison, but deeper digging suggests it might not be that old, and may instead be from Stephen Case (AOL). I heard it in a meeting today and remembered the first time I heard the quote. It came in …
Sometimes you just need someone to say it. So I’ll be the one to tell you – you can’t do it all. This isn’t a message of focus. It’s not an attempt to tell you to strategically choose what’s on your “to do” or “won’t do” lists. Nope. This is just the recognition that we …
Every team and organization develops their own optimization strategies for staffing, assignments and utilization. The trick is not to fall in love with it.
Leadership is not all about strategy. It’s also about execution. In fact, it’s more about execution than it is about strategy. See why. And how to prep your teams for execution.