We’ve all done root cause analysis. Something breaks, we dig in, we find the cause, we fix it. It’s practically muscle memory for most leaders. We are taught from a young age to learn from our mistakes and business luminaries such as Bill Gates have even said “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart
In the late 1400s, the word ‘priority’ entered the English language as a singular noun. It wasn’t until the 1900s that we began pluralizing it, and once we started, we haven’t stopped. That pluralizing habit is a math problem, and not the kind leaders usually think about. I know we want leaders to focus on growth
What makes you a better leader? There are plenty of things that can contribute to it, but ultimately one thing matters most. Here are some of the likely candidates and what you might be thinking about right now:MindsetIdentitySkillsCompetenciesExperienceI’ve written about all of these, and all are important. But they are all precursors to the main event.
There is power in knowledge but that’s not the full story. Because the most powerful leaders are those who are willing to say, “I don’t know.” It’s a paradox, I know. And because of the paradox, it makes those three words even more powerful.Why Are They So Powerful?They speak the truth. No one knows everything anyway.They build
Do you expect your team to read your mind?As a leader, you’ve likely experienced this frustration. I know I have — I’ve seen it and heard it over and over.Here it is: someone didn’t do what you expected. You’re disappointed. You’re frustrated. But you actually never told them what you expected. So how were they
I’ve asked hundreds of people to tell me the first thing that comes to their mind when I say the word learning. Over half reply with the word “school” or a closely related idea. This is an understandable result, unfortunate, but understandable.Why the Learning = School Connection is UnfortunateWhy do I call it unfortunate? Three big
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