Give Negative Feedback ASAP
Giving negative feedback is tough. None of us, really, likes conflict. Giving feedback or correcting can be so tough that we will go to great lengths not do it. …
Leading
Tips and Insights about influencing people toward shared goals.
The Secret Ingredient
Before we direct, correct, encourage, sell to, influence, plead with, or praise people, let’s take a moment to quietly love them. If we can’t love them, let’s …
Delegating Trust and Authority
Delegation requires trust and authority. We must trust that we have adequately described the problem and the desired outcomes. We must trust that our delegates have …
How to Make Your Strategies Even Better
Once we have decided on a strategy, we can improve it by asking everyone involved, “What could prevent the success of this strategy?” We may …
Juicy Goodness
Within each of us is a wealth of juicy goodness. As leaders, a big part of our job is to recognize, name, nurture, and deploy …
Throwing Tasks Over The Wall
Delegation, especially to people new to us or to the work, is not throwing tasks over the wall with the briefest of outlines of what’s …
What Delegation Really Means
Delegation does not mean simply handing over a task. Nor does it mean getting other people to do a task the way we would. It …
Delegate, Kind Leader
Show me someone who is underperforming and I’ll show you someone who very, very likely has not been given clear parameters for success, real-time feedback, …
Five-Minute Feedback
Giving others feedback is one of the more difficult jobs of a leader. It can be so uncomfortable. We know we have to do it …
Wantrepreneur Cure
Wantrepreneurs are people who deeply desire to start a business but don’t. Fear is the main obstacle. We worry whether our idea is right, if we …