It’s not entirely in your hands. Luck certainly helps. To realise anything that even approximates to potential, you’ll want the best endeavours of a following wind. You still have to... Read more
The hiring process is complicated, troublesome, imprecise, effortful, protracted, and something of a crap shoot. And still, you build your team with good people with good values and good skills... Read more
There are many contenders for the most important work of any leader, but at or near the top is the work of building and maintaining the team itself. You bring... Read more
Without effort, without thought, without putting ourselves out a little bit, the default place of work is in the tight little silo inside our heads. We know what we’re thinking... Read more
In the moment, especially in the last moment, it’s pretty easy to get everyone focused and motivated to overcome the challenge. Maybe it’s a blue-moon firefight, maybe an external deadline,... Read more