How to Focus on What Really Matters
What matters: When you end the day saying, “I didn’t get anything done today,” you spent your day doing what matters to others, not to you. It’s tragic – even pathetic – to… Continue reading
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Top 10 Ways to be Tough
It’s tempting to turn back when progress is slow, you feel alone, or you’re unappreciated. If leadership was easy, more people would do it. Meaningful achievement always requires resilience. Temptation to turn back at every… Continue reading
How to Bridge the Gap Between Talk and Action
Lousy teams drain energy, creativity, and resolve. Mediocre teams kill things slowly. Better to work alone than die a lingering death on a gasping team. Successful leaders move through talk to action. Leading teams: Few… Continue reading
7 Forward-Facing Questions to Evaluate the Past
Past tense leaders don’t clarify results or methods, before you take action. But, when it’s over, they critique and tweak what you did. Lousy leaders are wise after the fact. Correcting the past:… Continue reading
Under the Gun to Get it Done
Projects get to a point when things start falling apart. Failure rises up. Some people panic. Others give up. Reality: Competence in one area doesn’t transfer to other areas. In some conditions complexity and… Continue reading
17 Ways to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges
It’s Sunday afternoon. While others are relaxing, Monday weighs on your mind. You’re preparing to meet the problems, opportunities, issues, and challenges waiting on your desk. Most leadership conversations involve: Someone needing something. Tensions… Continue reading