Winning to some is about the transaction. It’s about being right. It’s about the mic drop. The sound byte. The power play. I would argue that this class of winning is the most temporary and destructive form of serotonin inducing behavior. It’s a gateway drug to poor decisions and even poorer outcomes. It creates a …
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Help Your Team Find Its Voice, Promote Collaboration, and Set Expectations While You’re At It.
Outside of the office, everyone has their own unique personality. They are interesting, funny, articulate, sharp, jerky, silly, brave, and a whole lot in between. Whatever personality the individuals on your team embody, they should feel empowered to inject your business with a little bit of flavor. After all, wasn’t part of the reason you …
What’s Your Story?
I talk about “the story” so often that people must be sick of hearing about it by now. Or not. The idea of positioning an outcome in the form of a story is sort of old hat, but it’s been such an immensely useful management tool that I thought I’d do a quick blog post.The …
The Next Iron Chef Teaches You How To Self Edit Yourself To Excellence
This is you: You know you’re great at what you do. You’re a star performer in your own right. But, are you good enough to effectively edit yourself and your instincts to beat someone else as good as or better than you? For some reason I can’t get enough of all incarnations of what I …
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Trust Your Guts
Instinct is an interesting phenomenon. Something deep down inside of you is privy to information that your conscious mind is not aware of. How this is possible is of course a mystery. But, in the end, you know that your gut, your instinct, is the thing that will keep you afloat in a time of …
You’ve Got To Give In Order To Get
What happens if you need information, resources, or just plain help and don’t have the funding or time to go hire and train someone new? Barter. Find someone at your company who has the skills to help progress your project, understand what their needs are, and see how you can help make their jobs easier. Everyone …
