Mike’s Blog

When you don’t meet others where they are, you’re likely to label them as wrong.

If you’re feeling like you’re not getting anywhere, just put your work out into the world!

Meetings can be a useful activity in which a group of people does meaningful work. If the meeting isn’t meaningful, then cancel the meeting.

Instead of putting more energy into self-improvement, put your energy into helping someone else improve.

If you’re thinking of doing a certification, do it for the right reason.

Rather than worrying about aggressive performance goals, what if you just focused on getting through this time in history together?

Not one measure will tell you how productive people are.

Sometimes, people might use tools, approaches, and skills that aren’t optimal for the task at hand.

Rather than measuring people on meeting deadlines or revenue targets, why not measure them on how they helped to improve your team or organization?

Much like airplanes and cars, asking people to work at 110% will decrease the quality and burn them out.

You never know who or how you’re going to help by pushing through your fears.

Simply telling them how much you like working with them might be the thing that helps them put their stories aside.