Some tasks are intimidating. They’re bigger, more complex, more connected, deeper than other tasks. Most can be split into smaller chunks and parcelled out and delegated. Most can be eaten... Read more
It’s a shock, I know, that everyone isn’t just the same as you. They like different things, hate different things and have skills and preferences that leave you standing. Which... Read more
It’s not all blue skies, and every manager, sometime, has to have one of those conversations. Where you have to call out one team member’s behaviour toward another. Maybe it’s... Read more
Partnerships, all partnerships, are based on trust. Trust that you’ll do what you say you’re going to do. Trust that you won’t stiff me over things I cant see or... Read more
You do enough stuff, things are likely to fall short once in a while. And when that happens, folk are likely to complain. Assuming you already did whatever you could... Read more