Looking for False Alarms in Leadership
Let’s go back to yesterday at 6AM. I’m asleep and our smoke/CO2 detector goes off which triggers…
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The Rescue You Don’t Need
You see someone struggling and say, “that’s OK, let me take care of it.” Someone from your…
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Are you trapped by the middle?
There I was in 2019, sweating through all of the things I thought I needed to start…
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What Are You Willing To Say?
When you feel stuck with a team member, and you’ve tried everything, there are 3 useful prompts to reflect on, if you’re willing.
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New Leadership Possibilities: Give yourself an “a”
We live in a graded world, but what’s possible for you as a leader if you invent your own grades?
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The dream before the team
How do we design and build a team that’s based on a vision or dream? Can we shift from the default stance of a “team” being a group reporting to a single person? As a real team, what is your purpose for existence?
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A foot on the gas, a foot on the brake
Change is hard, there’s no way around it. Here’s a way to think about the resistance you experience when you have an important goal.
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Are you in a Relational standoff?
Are you in a standoff with a coworker and having a hard time resolving a conflict? What can you do to help?
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Fighting “The Drift” Of Change
How can we keep from relapsing after we make changes in habits, moving towards goals we want? It’s usually not an abrupt relapse, but slow and barely noticeable. What are some things we can do to notice and protect ourselves from “the drift”?
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What Could Better Be?
We end our calendar years often thinking about alllll of the things that could be better, and then make a bunch of goals for the new year. I often hear from leaders that they “just want to be the best leader they can be.” “Best” is elusive, mainly because we haven’t spent much time thinking about how “better” could get us there. A slight reframe helps us look deeper and reflect on what could better be?
