What do you choose to optimize for? As a student, you only get credit on the test for one answer. Your job is to get to that right answer as fast as possible. Most people carry this paradigm into their career, which is why they ask whether they are making the “right” career choice and…
Month: July 2021
What are you striving for: leadership or success?”
What are you striving for: leadership or success? Conventional success is often found by following the rules, by doing what you’re told, by not rocking the boat or challenging others. This is the path to follow if you want to get hired or promoted in a well-defined role. Leadership is having a vision and inspiring…
A coach once told me that there’s only two reasons that people change: inspiration or desperation.”
A coach once told me that there’s only two reasons that people change: inspiration or desperation. Desperation is more common: – “Do better or get fired.” – “I can’t take much more of this.” – “I need to do this because…” The challenge with desperation as a motivation for change is that it is often…
I read the David Whyte poem, What I Must Tell Myself, over the weekend, and was really struck by this section:”
I read the David Whyte poem, What I Must Tell Myself, over the weekend, and was really struck by this section: “I know my innocence and against all sense, I know something of my unknowing, and strangely I know through all this innocence and unknowing, what I have accomplished, but for all my successes I…
I loved the first season of Ted Lasso, which I watched in part because a friend told me that it was the best TV on leadership he had seen. ” “” “Jennifer Dulski does a nice job summarizing the leadership lessons of season 1 in her article below and I recommend her perspective.
I loved the first season of Ted Lasso, which I watched in part because a friend told me that it was the best TV on leadership he had seen. “
I loved the first season of Ted Lasso, which I watched in part because a friend told me that it was the best TV on leadership he had seen. Jennifer Dulski does a nice job summarizing the leadership lessons of season 1 in her article below and I recommend her perspective.
This is a great summary of five ways in which being a senior leader requires different skills and attitudes
This is a great summary of five ways in which being a senior leader requires different skills and attitudes. It’s not more of the same job, but a different job entirely.
Be who you are. “
Be who you are. Seems obvious, right? How could you not be who you are? But it’s easy to get caught up into what other people ask of us, and lose track of our unique value. In an intro chat yesterday, a potential client shared they wanted help prepping for interviews to get a leadership…
Who are your fellow travelers?” “” “Making meaningful change happen is difficult, if not impossible, alone. And yet in the individualistic American culture, people tend to focus on what they can personally do to drive change rather than seek out allies, often because they want the glory themselves if the change drives success. But other…
Who are your fellow travelers?”
Who are your fellow travelers? Making meaningful change happen is difficult, if not impossible, alone. And yet in the individualistic American culture, people tend to focus on what they can personally do to drive change rather than seek out allies, often because they want the glory themselves if the change drives success. But other cultures…