Many folks assume that in order to lead well, you need to stay clear of the details – sticking only to the 10,000 foot perspective. I don’t agree. The best leaders I’ve worked with have had an ability to be keen observers and able to ask the right questions so that they can get into …
The other day I said to my boss, “After this is over, I’d like to sit down and talk thru where I made mistakes or where I made all of this harder than it should have been.” Fifteen years ago I would have never said that. It would have been a request to have someone …
Every day things around you will change. I once worked at a company where we reviewed the performance of each executive each quarter by how well they hit their goals. You know, you go around the table and review what the goals were for the quarter and see how close you got. What was funny …
In many organizations people stop thinking. It’s not completely their fault. The issue is that between bosses and processes, most decision making is removed from people. The result of this dynamic is that people stop thinking and they just fall into routines. If you’ve ever found yourself driving to work, arriving, and not remembering any …
We’re at our 12th of #40mantras. And this one is unique in that it suggests not doing something as something that’s valuable – a concept sometimes hard to understand.
I bought the domain 40mantras.com. Then I told you there would be #40mantras. Now we’re on our 11th mantra. But you know where I’m headed, right? Know how?
We’ve made it to the 10th of my #40mantras. If you’re just getting here, these are the forty short statements I use, over and over, to build high performing teams.
My ninth mantra may be the one most of my staff hear, even years after they’ve started working for me. Of the #40mantras, it may be one of my favorite five.
For number 8 of my #40mantras I move into what are called habits of mind. These are techniques that can be learned, and double checking your work is the first of them.
The seventh of #40mantras isn’t just focused on brainstorming. It comes into play across the entire organization, almost daily. Because it changes how you hear.