Search Results for: Compassion

Delegate: A New 5-Step Approach

Failure to delegate is misguided compassion or short-sighted arrogance. Maybe both.

Don’t insult people’s capacity with the ridiculous notion that work should be easy.

Here’s a 5-step method to choose things to delegate today.

The Five Opportunities of Good Fortune

Jay Elliot became a Sr. VP at Apple because he struck up a conversation with a stranger in the waiting area of a restaurant. The stranger was Steve Jobs.

Don’t wait for good fortune but welcome it when it knocks.

Delegate: Help for Overworked Managers

High aspiration people – who don’t delegate – work themselves to oblivion. They don’t see how they hinder the team.

What causes managers to work too hard?

7 things to say to people who don’t delegate…

The 5 Best Four-Letter Words Leaders Can Practice Today

Remarkable success begins simply. Fools make simple things complicated. Complexity leads to confusion. Confusion produces anxiety. Anxiety creates insecurity. Insecurity leads to stagnation. The 5 best four-letter words for leaders #1. Kind Unkindness… Continue reading

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS OR VIRTUOUSNESS

NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY!! 20 copies available!! (Book giveaway is closed on this post.) Leave a comment on this guest post by Kim Cameron to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of his new… Continue reading

How to Overcome the Distraction of Compassion

Distracted leaders are octopods spinning like tornados with sucker-filled tentacles clinging to ‘important’ trivialities. You can’t go eight directions at the same time and make meaningful progress. The centrifugal force of distraction drives… Continue reading