This is not a democracy
October 30, 2024
There was a hard call to be made. And Jeff made it. That’s not abnormal. Jeff makes a lot of hard calls. He has trained his whole life for just this moment.
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Nice, nice, very nice
October 16, 2024
The longer you’re in a culture of niceness and side-channels and things left unsaid, the more you have to wonder about the conversations happening out of earshot.
Power-posing in the driver’s seat
October 2, 2024
“Don’t worry, we have a slackbot that does weekly micro-learning prompts on how to use the brakes” is a transparently bad idea.
When someone tells you there are only two types of leaders
September 18, 2024
The number one rule of leadership development is that there’s no growth without reflection. So come sit a spell and let’s reflect. How’s that two-shapes-of-humans theory actually playing out?
Lower your expectations
September 4, 2024
We have been to a lot of corporate all-hands, gatherings, conferences, and un-conferences. Some of them have been incredibly well-run. Some of them have been a rolling shit-show.
Okay, call it a come back
August 21, 2024
There is some design work to do if we want to build new connections, and rebuild the ones we miss.
What did they say when you told them?
August 7, 2024
You’re just reminding them that it’s a fair expectation that they would try to resolve it directly.
Announced on Sunday, handed off on Sunday
July 24, 2024
The path to better succession planning starts with taking a moment to reflect.
Even better than inbox zero
July 10, 2024
Not all months are created equal. And July, in particular, is a gift for many orgs if you’re able to grab it.
That afternoon headache is a sign
June 26, 2024
It’s invisible and it’s tricky and it involves things you didn’t think you had to care about before, but air is a thing you can act on.
An immersive mismanagement experience
June 12, 2024
No one wants to work in an org that’s hopeless or doomed.
I don’t really have anything this week
May 29, 2024
There’s a difference between surviving and thriving.
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