Last week in my blog I suggested you stop wasting time having status meetings.
This week I want to extend the conversation suggest you resist the urge to hide in too much complexity and detail.
The reason people and teams fall into this is because complexity can make you feel smart and safe. Read More
Awhile back I wrote an article in my General Manager series called “Why people don’t do what you say”.
It had 10 steps for improving how you communicate with your organization.
Just as a quick summary, here are the 10 points:
1. Read More
Now that the dust has settled a bit about Marissa Meyer’s controversial “no working from home” policy at Yahoo!, I thought I’d weigh in.
Many companies provide work-from-home options. Employees love it.
But many managers struggle with it. They ask me about this all the time — How do you optimize motivation AND productivity? Read More
Career Development is one of those things that often gets a lot more talk than action.
It typically is a very highly ranked “want” on employee surveys.
As a manager, Career Development is tough to provide for a few reasons:
Lesson from the dogsAbout a year ago, I went dogsledding in Canmore, Canada.
It was great. And ever since then, when I have a discussion with an executive about their organization, I think back to this experience.
I’ve said this before, there is no more important thing you can do as a business leader than to build the right team. Read More
Delegating is not just about assigning work.
Delegating is about making sure that the right work gets done at the right level, and making your team more capable.
As a leader, you always need to think about building a more capable team. Read More
This month’s Business Leaders’ webinar was on
SUCCEEDING WITH VIRTUAL & REMOTE TEAMS
If you missed it you can
Download the Podcast
or
Download the whole Webinar
(which includes the presentation, and useful worksheets and templates.)
(more information below)
Here is what we talked about:
In business today, it’s important to recognize that it’s not just our companies that are global. Read More
Are you leading the team you need?
Or leading the team you have?
As soon as you embark on something new or strategic, in those first moments you facing doing the new thing with the same people. Read More
I got this in a message from a former employee:
When I worked for you, I thought I was Superman.
It was wonderful to get that message.
But additionally, those 10 words sum up for me, in a pretty profound way, what I believe being a good leader is about. Read More
This month’s Business Leaders’ webinar was on Leading People in Business.
If you missed it you can download the podcast or the whole webinar which includes the presentation, and useful worksheets and templates.
(more information below)
Here is what we talked about:
Driving business results, leading change, innovating, and generally moving a business forward requires leading people. Read More
