You’re watching a football game. You see the wide receiver catch the ball—you do not see them look to the quarterback for approval before doing so. Nor do you see the quarterback ask the wide receiver if they will catch the ball when thrown to them. In fact, all the players on the field do […]
How many hats are your team members wearing? Too many? Ones that are ill-shapen? Or simply the wrong size? In other words, what jobs do you have your team members doing, and have you set up clearly defined responsibilities for the roles they fulfill? In my last post, I discussed why it’s so important to […]
The more successful a company becomes, the more work there is to do. And as the work piles up, strategic planning sessions tend to be postponed or canceled in order to tend to more urgent operational concerns—putting out fires, attending last-minute client meetings, staff call-outs, and solving problems on the fly. Over time, the team […]
Invest in team members’ growth, and business growth will follow When we talk about company leadership, we often talk about focusing “upward and outward.” Instead of driving output by yourself, you ought to be driving output across your team so that as the leader, you can take on new opportunities and continue to grow the […]
Almost every leader I know has certain values that drive their leadership philosophy. Some of those values are ubiquitous among leaders across industries; some are more specific to that leader’s sector, company, or personal experience. Over the years, I’ve read a lot about leadership, experienced the benefits and drawbacks of others’ leadership styles, and learned […]
A gymnast at the Olympics, just before their performance, visualizes themselves landing every move—they walk through the routine in their mind and see the moment they’ve won the gold medal and step up to the podium. An artist sees in their mind what their next work ultimately looks like as they’re creating it. It may […]