There’s something very comforting about walking a familiar path, or the company of old friends. Did you ever consider why? It’s because our brains aren’t stressed. We’re not learning new basic information. We know so much already and we can focus just on what’s important. This is important for leaders…
52. Meet with Triumph and Disaster…
Ambition drives achievement, but it can also drive avoidance of reality. Likewise failure can be heartbreaking, and can drive avoidance of the same reality. A leader’s job is to ensure reality features in decision making – not just ambition and fear. A good predictor of a team’s future success is…
51. Meeting with Confusion.
If you finish meetings confused or distressed, you’re likely experiencing symptoms of a deeper problem within that team. That confusion might be caused by you, but more likely it’s a leadership problem. There are 2 types of confusion – Passive and Active. Passive confusion is simply not knowing what the…
50. Meeting with Danger.
How many people do you know who are true daredevils? One of those people who deliberately take real risks? Chances are that you don’t know many, or even any adults who happily take real risks. Risk takers are rare. Despite all the hype about heroic entrepreneurs, conscious risk taking is…
48. Why Meet?
The Leadership Industry has a lot of complicated and confusing models about “Meetings” – categories, types and why they’re held. Most of these are about as useful as the instruction manual for your microwave oven. There’s only one ultimate purpose for Meetings in organizations. The ultimate and only true purpose…
47. Meeting your Culture…
Meetings get bad press – for good reasons. They’re useless or unproductive or boring… They’re a necessary evil… They waste my valuable time. Meetings are a useful window into the actual culture of a team and a great way to see real leadership style in action. They’re also incredibly important…