by Jonathan | May 14, 2019 | Leadership
Our actions as leaders create expectations. As you move higher up in an organization, people start looking at you more closely. They look more closely at what you wear. They look more closely at what office hours you keep. They look more closely at the words you use....
by Jonathan | May 10, 2019 | Leadership
There is a gulf between what we think our team knows and what they actually know. Not talking about their technical skills. I am talking about real time information on projects, the organization, strategies, mission, the broader competitive marketplace, etc. We think...
by Jonathan | May 9, 2019 | Leadership
Rarely is any solution strictly binary. Meaning, rarely is any solution only answer A or answer B. For whatever reason, especially when we are stressed, we tend to see only two alternatives. “I can stay and tolerate my intolerable manager, or I can quit.”...
by Jonathan | May 8, 2019 | Leadership
“I feel more like a therapist than a manager.” This is a paraphrased comment I heard recently from a leadership group I was presenting too. “The younger people on my team seem to need more validation than I am used to giving. They want to know that...
by Jonathan | May 7, 2019 | Leadership
I’m a bit torn. I read a statistic today that only 24% of employees believe their managers show up to their 1:1 meetings well-prepared. The other 76%? “Somewhat prepared,” “not prepared,” or “not prepared at all.” The article...
