A leader in my Leadership Clarity Accelerator recently told me her team had done Working Genius a couple of years ago. They learned their Working Geniuses and their Working Frustrations. They spent hours reviewing what the results meant. They got a presentation on the basics of the model. Then, as she put it, the message …
I’m sure you know how this phrase ends. “Don’t bring me problems…” You’ve heard it more times than you can remember and may even say it to your own team members. “Don’t bring me problems. Bring me solutions.” This is a great message for your people to hear. But there’s a subtle danger that can …
The Hidden Risk in “Don’t Bring Me Problems. Bring Me Solutions.” Read More »
If he hadn’t passed away a year ago today, I would have thought it was my dad who said these words to me recently. “I have a high tolerance for pain and I will work through anything. And I can go for really long periods of time without getting burnt out. I feel it, but …
Last week I wrote about how growing up in a blue-collar family shaped my view of “real work.” I learned to associate work with tangible results. When you fix or build something, you can point to what you accomplished. That work ethic helped me build my career. But it also made it easy for me …
A couple of weeks ago a few of the leaders in my Leadership Clarity Accelerator cohort and I were talking about how we grew up. Their perspectives were fascinating to me and I think you’ll find what they had to say interesting too. We discovered that the very thing that helped us build our successful …
Last week I told you about how my experience raising sheep at Pemberley Farm is challenging my perspectives on leading people. I shared these three photos. And these leadership questions If you missed last week’s article, you can read it here. One of the main takeaways was an encouragement to stay curious and open-minded. Talk with …
Are Appearances Influencing How You Treat Your Team? Read More »
Heads up. This week’s newsletter is going to be a little different than you’re used to. I’m still going to share my thoughts on developing your people so your business can grow. But you’re also going to see a bunch of pictures of our sheep. Because apparently, I can’t watch these creatures without thinking about …
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For much of my career, I was rewarded for being good at work I wasn’t really built to do. But it took me a long time to realize this. I was an engineer and a project manager. And I was good at details. I could take a complicated project, organize it, keep track of everything …
Are You Developing Your Best People or Just Giving Them More Work? Read More »
I’m a big fan of process and structure. They’ve helped me lead some incredibly complex projects over the years. But one project taught me that even a good process can create a blind spot if we’re not careful. Here’s the story behind one of the many leadership scars I’ve collected over the years. I was …
I should have known better. It only took a couple of minutes of crying over my favorite clamps, which were now pitted with rust and corrosion, to realize what I’d done. I’d put them in an environment that was going to destroy them. Not on purpose of course. But that’s what I did. This got …
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