by Jonathan | May 24, 2019 | Leadership
“Pay peanuts, get monkeys.” The bumper sticker philosophy was coming from the bearded man in 16B to the lady in 16A. I was seated in 16C. He was referring to the flight attendants on our Southwest flight. His proverb came before the jet had even pushed...
by Jonathan | May 20, 2019 | Leadership
1 to 1. It’s the listening to action ratio. I heard this concept on a podcast recently. There is a lot to unpack with a comment like that. Here’s one angle. The interviewee was saying that listening without action ends up changing nothing. So, all...
by Jonathan | May 17, 2019 | Leadership
60 minutes first thing in the morning for peace and quiet? That was the reveal from an Inc. article I read this morning talking about Melinda Gates’ morning routine. She called it her quiet time – time used for meditation, study, exercise, etc. (Love this...
by Jonathan | May 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Consistently do hard things. In a leadership role, consistently doing the hard things is what separates the underperforming leaders from the great leaders. What are the hard things? Ever had somebody crying at your desk, or pleading with you not to fire them, and you...
by Jonathan | May 15, 2019 | Leadership
– Take whatever amount of time you think you need for the meeting and halve it (promotes focus). – Show up 10 minutes early to pay the “tech tax” (trying to get Skype, or GoToMeeting, or the 10 year old desktop, or the conference call dial...
