There are no formulas, automated solutions, or binary answers in leadership. It’s a hard and stretching pursuit that comes to terms with feeling conflicted and challenged on the regular.
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Small talk is not something to be dreaded, it's something to be leveraged. Small talk can increase trust, strengthen connection, and create synergy that gets everyone moving in the same direction.
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If you’re spending time and energy helping people but not seeing a whole lot of growth in return, the problem may be you.
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Leadership is a lot of putting your own agenda aside, stuffing your ego, and making yourself the least important. But the truth is, nobody needs a title to help others.
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When we find ourselves in situations that may be tense, unfamiliar, or even intimidating, will we make decisions that prioritize our comfort or are we brave enough to deny our comfort in favor of growth?
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We're designed to be intellectually and emotionally adaptive as we gain new insight into how we're wired. Refuse to let ego sink your weaknesses deeper and embrace a willingness to continually grow into who you were ultimately created to be.
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When opportunity pops up, fear does too, so we have to decide in that moment whether to run away or press on. Fear is a formidable opponent to your advancement, but you’re strong enough to take it down.
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Great leaders understand that the only way to scale is to help people grow and begin delegating their authority. So what is my leadership looking for before they move me from having responsibilities to holding authority?
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Common sense is an arbitrary measurement we fall back on when we fail to document and standardize our expectations. Let's get rid of that term and be better about setting our teams up for success.
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The ability to make good decisions is like a muscle that is consistently strengthened over time through discipline and intentionality.
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The ability to make good decisions is like a muscle that is consistently strengthened over time through discipline and intentionality.
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Millennials deeply long for their jobs to have meaning, but we have resorted to looking for it instead of creating it. This has amassed a wandering workforce that jumps from job to job with very little foresight into the areas and relationships that deserve our loyalty.
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If you want a voice that champions improvement and innovation, you have to simultaneously be faithful in the small things. This will be the differentiator between a good team member and an indispensable team member.
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In situations where we recognize extremes in emotions, our tendency as humans is to come in the opposite spirit. When someone is overreacting emotionally . . .
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We deliver information through words all the time — sending an email, making a phone call, talking to someone in person, posting an update on social media. But how are the other, more arbitrary points of connection communicated, like intention, purpose, and perception?
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I recently had a chat with a coworker who was struggling with where she wanted to take her career. She felt that she was good at her role but wasn’t sure if that’s what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
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