A leadership guide to developing people, building strategy, and fixing culture
The thing that terrified me the most as a child was thunderstorms and tornadoes. I don’t know what it was about them, but when it would start to thunderstorm, this incredible fear swept over me. I remember running to my parents room terrified, hoping they would let me sleep on
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Over the last two decades I have known several people who were promoted into a management position and then decided to step down. I want to describe some of the reasons people leave management positions, and then share some ideas if you find yourself in a similar situation. Leadership is
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नमस्ते मीरा नाम जोश है। मैं आज एक साल हिंदी पढ़ना है। हिंदी, तेलगु नहीं, हिंदी-इंग्लिश नहीं हिंदी। मैं हरा दिन डुओलिंगो पढ़ना है. आज दिन ३६५ पढ़ना है। मैं क्यों हिंदी परत चाहिये? एक: मेरे टीम में लोग भारत कई। मैं उन्हें पढ़ना चाहिये। डो: मैं पढ़ना चाहिये। तीन:
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In my recent post, You Aren’t Smart Enough, I shared a list of counselor types a leader should surround themselves with in order to make great decisions. As important as good counsel is, it is just as important, perhaps more-so, to know how to avoid bad counsel. Below are a
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Jim Rohn said, “you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” That is a little more in-your-face than the “birds of a feather flock together” mantra, but there is definitely some truth to it. So take a moment and think about who you spend
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There were 30-ish doctoral candidates standing on a street corner just outside of Washington DC. For all of us, except one, this was the first time in our lives that we’ve been at this location. I’m being generous with the “one”, as you’ll see in a minute. We were there
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When was the last time you thought about, or had a discussion with a spouse, co-worker, or friend about how to move up. Sometimes the conversation is about someone who moved up too quickly, or someone who didn’t move up fast enough. Sometimes it’s just a colleague or friend wanting
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Leadership Truth Being in management, does not make you a leader. Being a leader does not require a formal title. Being in management does not make you a leader My team and I were all in data engineering-type roles, and had been for quite some time. All of the development
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Over the past two decades I have had the incredible experience of leading people and changing culture. I have led people through both mundane and extraordinary circumstances. I have learned from and been inspired by other great leaders either through their books or through personal interactions (Check out my reading
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BA Times and other sources suggest it was Ben Franklin who said, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Over the past 13 years, I’ve had a 10-15 year plan that is complete when one or both of the two following goals: 1) become a c-level executive in
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