What to do about time goblins
January 8, 2025
The core theory any time any organization hires anyone — employee, intern, contractor, law firm, outside agency — is leverage.
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I do not think it means what you think it means
November 27, 2024
Attaching the word performance to something doesn’t automatically make it a good idea.
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.
Whose job is it?
February 7, 2024
Folks are quick to say, “I’m not actively looking. I’m happy where I am. I feel lucky to have a job. But…”
You already know how your year is going
January 24, 2024
So much of being an effective operator is noticing problems early, because groups react differently to problems early on.
What to do with the muchness
November 1, 2023
Either, we’re running as fast as we can toward clear targets. Or we’re running as fast as we can without clear targets.
Hot goal summer
July 26, 2023
The opportunity in July (or whenever your mid-year review period lands) is to go back to the whole point of the exercise.
Once more with feeling
April 5, 2023
It’s early April, which means the first quarterly review for a lot of teams. If you haven’t done yours yet, now’s your chance.
My milkshake brings all the orgs to the yard
January 25, 2023
Someone else’s goals might be eloquently written, but that doesn’t mean they matter to you. Someone else’s values statement might seem so clear-eyed and attractive, but that doesn’t make it yours.
You need more of it than you think
December 28, 2022
When your brain learns that there are blocks of time when it can reliably expand and take on bigger things, it’s astonishing what happens.
The strategists, the smugglers, and the silent
November 30, 2022
Effective strategic planning is an alignment tool. Alignment as in the whole team. Everyone.
You’ve changed
September 7, 2022
The solution is to acknowledge and process the change. To integrate it and come back to something newly coherent. And the way you do that is reflection.
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