That rattling sound is your Q4
September 22, 2021
There’s an adage in business that any decision is better than no decision. Because even if you’re wrong, you can always make a different decision further down the road.
September 22, 2021
There’s an adage in business that any decision is better than no decision. Because even if you’re wrong, you can always make a different decision further down the road.
June 30, 2021
We hear from managers who want strategies for dealing with the burnt out folks on their teams. Doing the equivalent of the trolley problem every time a new project pops up. How do you give someone new work even as they’re drowning under the existing work?
June 2, 2021
Look around. Where are you running an outdated plan? Do the priorities your team has right now make sense, right now? Does the composition of your team still make sense? Does your job description? Does your company?
February 10, 2021
The truth about most calendar-run organizations is that calendars are law. If it’s on the calendar, it’s real. And if it’s empty, it’s up for grabs.
October 21, 2020
We’re asking our brains to do a lot of work right now. We’re doing our day jobs, caretaking, feeding ourselves, figuring out voting, trying to keep track of the latest public health guidelines, R (and also k), and waiting for updates from the vaccine trials.
September 25, 2019
Back from betterboss with therapy, coaches, and crisis
June 5, 2019
Y’all clearly wanted some OKR content
December 19, 2018
We’re rooting for you.
January 23, 2017
The one about bullets and quicksand
January 6, 2017
Would you believe me if I told you that it’s almost always the same, fixable thing?
November 7, 2016
We strive to post regularly, but this week our attention is elsewhere. We’re waiting, watching, and hoping as the United States electorate heads to the polls.
October 12, 2016
Growth happens when you let go of the behaviours and attitudes that no longer help you.
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