March 23, 2020Leading Leading in Different Times #2: Reinforce Clarity This is the second in a series of Play notes about leading well during different times such as this one. “This not […]
March 5, 2017Leading What Do We Do When Something Goes Wrong? If we want to forever be in charge of fixing the problems, then we should give lectures, orders, and consequences. If we […]
September 7, 2016Leading React or Respond? Poor leaders react. When something unexpected or unwanted happens, they act, rather unproductively, from habit. They speak whatever comes to mind. They […]
May 27, 2016Leading, We How to Help When Team Members Struggle We all struggle from time to time for all sorts of reasons. Though most leaders aren’t trained as therapists, we are all […]
March 22, 2016Leading Tolerating Incompetence Because confronting them is uncomfortable, we will often tolerate people that we judge as incompetent. But this helps no one. Everyone feels […]
July 31, 2015Leading Leadership is Simple Our job as leaders is to build an environment where others get valuable stuff done together. Our job is made easier when we […]
June 19, 2015Leading Leadership Rule #1 Never do for another what they can do for themselves. Often we see people dropping the ball and we think, “If you […]
January 16, 2015Leading Leader, Know Thyself As great leaders, we understand ourselves. We know our strengths, blind spots, and biases. And we consistently grow ourselves. We do all […]
November 6, 2014Do, Leading The Right Question to Ask After We Have Delegated Something When we are concerned whether another person can or will follow through on a task she or he has committed to, we […]
July 15, 2014Leading You Can Give Me a Strawberry… Just for today, let’s use the word ‘strawberry’ to mean a solution, an answer, an idea, or a bit of advice. If […]