Accept the Friction
Doing deep, important work is often difficult. Things get in the way. Things go wrong. Your ideas don't work out the way you expected.
Leadership
Enter to Win!
No, I am not running a contest. Many people have dreams, big dreams, small dreams, and everything in-between. They think about their dream, mostly about the results of obtaining their dream. But, to get there requires planning and action. In order to reach you
Motion, Confusion, Direction, and Action
"How are you?", a colleague asks. You answer with the answer you always give, "I am busy, so very busy." But, are you truly busy? Or, are you addicted to the feeling of "busy". If you want to do some self-inspection, read on.
Deadlines - Don't change them!
What are the effects of extending a deadline? All leaders have been put in the position of "needing" to extend a deadline. Perhaps you are not reaching a goal of the project, or outside forces are introducing new challenges to the project. Human natu
What Will Your Legacy Be?
How will you be remembered? What about you will live in memories? I just attended a memorial for a friend. Person after person talked about how my friend had touched their lives. They spoke of how he had made them feel. They remembered interactions with him. W
Celebrate
It is important for teams to celebrate wins. Winning encourages the team. Celebrations help teams develop a hunger for wins. Leaders must sometimes set goals just within reach. Goals designed for a win must not be too easy, but must be attainable. Celebrations
Stop doing that.
If you do a Google search for ' remove unnecessary tasks', you get thousands of results about how to stop unnecessary processes from running on your computer, phone, or tablet. These links take you to pages that talk about how these unnecessary process
Do you ask questions?
Socrates was a great teacher. He used questions to help students learn from things they already knew. He also used questions to drive his points in arguments. By using the right questions, you can put yourself in a position to better understand others, and how
Noise Reduction
We are exposed to an overwhelming amount of information every day. Much of that information is not necessary for our purposes. Some examples are: spam email, bacn email (those lists for which we signed up, because it seemed interesting at the time. But, it is
The Story of Romo
On a recent business trip, I stayed at a Marriott. The experience was great. The room was like almost any other hotel room; it was nothing special. The fitness center was adequate, but nothing special. Minor things went wrong. There was no coffee in the lobby
You accomplish a lot!
If you are like me, and I bet you are, you start each day with a list of things you must accomplish. You have your coffee, review your list, and sit down to start the work required to check off items. Then, the phone rings, or maybe it is an email, or a boss o
Don't be afraid of, but master Silence
You can hear, and say much in silence. Our worlds are so full. We always have input. Every second is filled with TV, the internet, social media, the list is never ending. We are conditioned to feel that our world must be this way. But, sometimes it is good to
The role of a Leader
What are the things that a good Leader must do?