Sadness is leadership’s dark secret. Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill experienced bouts of darkness.
It wouldn’t surprise me if you felt it. I’m not talking about depression. I’m talking about the weight of caring more than others.
Here are 10 ways to get a grip on sadness.
Change is hard because we make it hard.
Change your life by rejecting things that make change hard.
Impatience makes change frustrating.
Change your words. Change your life.
Change a routine. Change your life.
Change your friends. Change your life.
Teams rise when you ditch deadweight.
One bad apple lowers performance by 30 to 40 percent.
How to define deadweight…
Today I’m answering a wonderful question from a reader. I wish more people asked, “How can I tell if I am helping or hindering.
We’ve all seen our efforts backfire.
Every leader has to terminate people. How can you do this without negative reflections on your own leadership skills?
How can you tell if someone really wants to grow?
Steady on!
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