Insights on leadership & business building

Chabuduo implies that to put any more time or effort into a piece of work would be the act of a fool

As with all attempts to change behavior, consistency is key.

Radical candor is really, really uncomfortable.

I posit that a reluctant boss is likely in the role for all the right reasons. They’ve been encouraged (pushed) to take the job based on their performance, rather than their personal relationships or personality.

The article is an inspiration for anyone who’s been responsible for business operations large or small.

The system isn’t ideal, and I still need swaths of time to do thinking-intensive work, but I’ve learned to appreciate capitalizing on these micro pockets of time so that when a free hour comes along, I can jump right into the task that needs an hour, rather than catching up on tiny tasks. 

Just as this blog is intended to help me revisit, synthesize, and ultimately comprehends the inputs in the world around me, I find my weekend reflection routine to be a critical part of how I how myself accountable and level up from week to week. 

When was the last time you worked with your team to train them (or retrain them) to listen.

On another occasion, it was my responsibility to terminate an employee who called in before his shift to share offensive, drunken feedback with me. 

Can the Targets of the world still surprise and delight their customers? Absolutely.

Absorb, reflect, uniquely articulate. That is how I turn disparate experiences into tools in my toolkit.

Corporate America spends some absurdly large sum of money every single year trying to engage knowledge workers and remind them about the importance of the customer. Lisa and team provide three simple lessons.

What did I learn about myself in 2018 and how will it impact my strategy in 2019?

Have you been fortunate to work for someone who taught you how to step up when times get tough?

We talk about organizational hierarchy in abstractions; your team, your direct report, your employee. What we're actually saying is that "you have people and you are responsible for the output of those people."