Leadership expert John C. Maxwell says it best: “If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.” But delegating is difficult. It means giving up control. It requires trust and confidence. It can add complexity. It’s …
Kick in the pants
Ever feel stuck in neutral? Having trouble getting started? Not sure what to do next? All pretty normal and natural feelings, but the key is to shake those feelings fast. Sometimes you just need a good kick in the pants. Marie Forleo is the author of Everything is Figureoutable and I checked out one of …
Decisions
Making good decisions is arguably one of the most important skills we can attain and develop. Our choices affect everything: health, family, friendships and work. Mike Irwin, author of “Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude,” outlines the five most detrimental mindsets to good decision-making – and how to avoid them: Fatigue. Judgement gets fuzzy when …
Innovating
Whether your business is services, products or some combination thereof, you’ve always got to be thinking about new business models that can keep up with change and withstand disruption. You’ve got to innovate. While increasing the velocity of innovation gets talked about a lot, there are often many hurdles like silos, time constraints and fuzzy …
Resiliency
Work is a team sport. And though individual resiliency is often identified as a success factor, team resiliency is just as important. A survey of 2,000 NCAA coaches recently outlined in the HBR reveals the four most important things that resilient teams have in common: They believe. Team members collectively believe that they can effectively complete tasks. They …
Growth
What sounds better, a performance-driven culture or growth-driven culture? They both sound good, but there are important differences. A performance-driven culture fosters a zero-sum game mentality where there are winners and losers. In unforgiving environments of performance-at-all-costs, the tendency is to minimize mistakes, cover up, and deny weaknesses. It becomes too risky to reveal any …
Adaptability
http://handypetes.com/?page_id=13 As Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in 1395: “Time and tide wait for no one.” No matter how much we might want time to slow down or stop time because of comfort, pleasure or familiarity, it continues. Circumstances change. People change. Forces beyond our control – change. Which leaves us no choice but to adapt, as …
Potential
World-renowned author and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar (1926 – 2012) was born in southeastern Alabama, the tenth of twelve children. Over the course of his 60-year career he helped millions work hard and be positive, and he went on to become one of the foremost figures in the art and science of human potential. Below …
Essentially
Ever feel like you’re being pulled in too many directions? Like you’re trying to do it all? Like you can’t get a moment of peace? It’s unsettling, unhealthy and unsustainable. It keeps you from achieving everything you want. Greg McKeown, in his book “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” lays out a solid set of tactics for …
Meaningfulness
Chasing happiness can make you downright unhappy. Why? Because happiness is the quick-rush, simple carbohydrate of emotions. More money makes us happy. More cars make us happy. More attention makes us happy. And so, we feel full for a while, but the feeling often disappears very quickly. And then, we feel empty. And lonely. And …