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How not to jump to conclusions: ask what else could be true
To avoid making rash decisions on incomplete information, it’s important to pause and ask yourself what else could be true.
Don’t throw away your umbrella in a rainstorm
Don’t be the type of person who throws out their umbrella in a rainstorm because they stopped getting wet. And don’t put that type of person in leadership.
Same water, different water. It’s all in the perspective.
It’s all the same water, but go in from one side you’re safe, and go in from the other side you’re in danger. There’s a metaphor in here somewhere.
The simplest tool for empathetic leadership: Don’t ask why.
“Why” is a way to get answers, but it’s also an accusatory, aggressive question to ask. Empathetic leaders don’t ask why. Here’s why.
The best leaders understand motivation. Push, pull, self-propel, or drift. Yes to all of it.
Leaders need to understand the four basic types of motivation and how they can exploit them all to get their teams moving forward.
Celebrating milestones: an important leadership practice
I’m celebrating milestones today. It’s important for a person, and it’s especially important for leaders. We don’t pause to celebrate milestones often enough.
Someday is not a date on the calendar. Three traps keeping you from achieving your dream.
You have a dream. Someday you’ll do it. But you never quite make progress. Here are three traps that may be keeping you from achieving that dream.
Lead your team to a consensus, not conflict
Getting people to consensus, not conflict, relies on sticking to the basics of leadership. Meetings that devolve into opinion free-for-alls serve no one.
Are my values holding me back? Am I sabotaging myself?
Business trends seem to be focused on dehumanizing interactions. I want to be someone that people want to work with. It’s core to who I am. But am I sabotaging myself?