Choosing to Relieve Your Company’s Growth Pains
Growth hurts. We don’t like the complexity. Our company used to be simpler but now has more people and more moving parts. We spend time …
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Output or Outcomes
Most of the time we judge people’s performance on the job by their throughput: How much are you getting done? How early did you come …
It May Be Time To Evolve, Leader
As our organizations grow, our leadership must grow in tandem. But it is so easy to miss the signs indicating it’s time to evolve our …
This Is The Leaders’ Job
As leaders, our job is not really about finance, operations, sales, strategy, law, board- and investor relations, HR, labor relations, regulations, or marketing–though these things …
How to Know What They Need from You
In yesterday’s post, we discussed how to give and get useful, easy-to-hear feedback. With that feedback, you know what you are doing well, what could …
The Best and Worst Ways to Describe a Role
“Fit” is such an important driver for people and need for organizations. Everyone–from the big boss to the mail room clerk–in every organization–from the largest …