Leadership Daily
This is for everyone who is interested in Leadership, teams, and people. Every weekday I share a story or thought inspired by something in my week, along with a thought on how you might integrate this into your life.
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Don’t punish your people because you can’t find new hires
Empower your people to improve how they work to eliminate the need for sacrifice or heroics.
Don’t create a fearless culture
A fearless culture might sound good, but in reality, you’re going to stifle the very things you want to foster.
Do you hear the candour?
What would be different if you could hear the candour happening around you?
You’re not winning if you’re coping
How often do you hear people talk about coping with something? It might be a bad job, relationship or place they live. The word cope comes from Middle English, and meant 'meet in battle, come to blows.' When it comes to your mindset, it seems a fitting origin for the...
How do you define success?
A celebration today will provide the fuel to reach tomorrow’s success.
The only accurate measure of leadership
Leadership is not an easy choice, but I can promise it is a rewarding choice.
When you don’t understand their upset
Rather than being dismissive, work to see the situation from their perspective.
People don’t always need advice
Leaders create the conditions for others to succeed. Success includes helping remove obstacles where needed. The trap a leader can fall into, though, is believing they need to fix all problems. When people are confronting a problem, they will often feel anxious. I...
Dont let the hiearchy get in the way of collaboration
Never let hierarchy get in the way of your team collaborating with others.
Focus on the gap and productivity will improve
Instead of pushing on the inputs or outputs, start by focusing on the gap between inputs and outputs.
You will lower productivity when you try to drive it
Rather than trying to drive productivity, let the team take responsibility for improving productivity.
Listen to all the voices
Resistors are an essential voice in your system.
