Choose Wisely, Leader
Everywhere we look, there are tumultuous events on the surface and a calmer, wiser, stronger force sitting quietly behind the hoopla. We see it in …
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Pause. Breathe. Look. Leap.
In our drive to get things done, we often leap into action. But best practices would say, “Pause. Breathe. Look. Leap.” Do daily and weekly …
Is Remote Work Here to Stay? Is that the Right Question?
Yes. No. Even after the pandemic is mostly contained, we will want to include some amount of remote work. Partly, we will need to maintain …
Spread This Instead
There is nothing about our current situation that we cannot handle. We only waste our energy if we worry, try to not worry, or try …
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 that. Here not …
Don’t Look Back
The sages tell us that all our power is in the present. Any time we spend regretting, blaming, or trying to figure out stuff in …
The Expedient Route Often Isn’t
Things done under pressure often backfire. That person we urgently needed to hire, the deal we really needed to make, and the strategy we didn’t …
To Do What’s Easier
Which is easier? Trying to keep track in your head of the ever-increasing pile of stuff to do or learning to write it all down …
One Wee Step
Sometimes all we need is a teeny win. Committing to taking a step in the right direction–even a step that is not in the wrong direction–does …
Dreams
We can run our processes, push our products, and tell people what we think they should be doing. Or, we can connect our dreams to …