Getting People to Do Stuff When What You Really Want to Do Is Knock Heads Together
As leaders (with or without title), we sometimes just want to knock heads together. Where we should be celebrating great results, we see mistakes, reactivity, …
The Choice Between Being the Boss and Being Nice
As leaders (with or without title), we struggle with the choice to be the boss or to be nice. If we choose to be nice, …
How to Think About Something You’ve Always Wanted
We know that everything begins with a thought. We get that our thoughts have that weird way of greasing the skids, preparing the soil, or …
Other People Know How We Feel About Them
In a way, we can say that we are all psychic. We can usually read each other’s emotions quite accurately. We may not believe this. …
Non-Slimy Networking
The word networking has a bad reputation. Many of us think networking is somehow slimy, inauthentic, uncomfortable, and/or old-school. And we recoil at the idea …
A Little Something Special
Behind the various tools, talents, and experience, we leaders (with or without title) share a little something special: an attitude. It is the attitude that …
Ready, Set, Go!
Where do you weigh in on the great speed debate? Is pressing for high speed the fastest way to get things done? Or is slowing …
Unstick That Project
Sometimes, projects get stuck because the timing isn’t quite right. More often, they get stuck because we have not thought them through thoroughly. When we …
Don’t Step In
Someone who becomes a leader of leaders (say, a manager who becomes a director or a small-business owner who has just hired the business’ first …
Ask Them
Other people can be quite frustrating. Since they don’t want to be told what to do or think, how can we possibly lead, sell, or …