Leadership Daily

Sometimes to find a solution, all you have to do is to stop looking at the problem.

As a leader, I never know what I'm going to learn about myself today. I learn when something scares me. I learn when I take a misstep and create a mess. I also learn, of course, when I have a big success. I am always learning something about myself. While learning is...

What topics get the most airtime on your team? If you are like a lot of teams, you might be putting the focus on the problems. How often, though, do you talk about all the things you have accomplished? When people do not claim their accomplishments, the brain starts...

They are going to make up their own story if they don’t know where they are going.

Don’t form a team where one isn’t warranted.

Invitations will get you much further than demands.

Increasing morale requires your leadership in responding to whatever is happening right now.

The next time you’re wrestling with a problem and think you’ve found the solution, ask yourself, “What might be causing this to happen?”

Whether they challenge or support you, find the allies you need to help you do your best work.

Learning will help your team do more, do it better, and become a stronger team while they’re at it.

Instead of trying to work harder, it’s far easier to get smarter.

Your reaction to a problem determines the severity of the problem.