by Jonathan | Feb 28, 2019 | Leadership
When you are flight training, one of the training exercises is recovering from unusual attitudes. This means getting the airplane back to wings level from a spiraling descent, or a turning power off ascent, or some other combination of unusual circumstances the...
by Jonathan | Feb 26, 2019 | Leadership
Here is my question for you: What exactly are you getting paid to do? For the answer, omit your job title, omit your constellation of job tasks, omit your team’s larger mission. What exactly are you getting paid to do? Meaning, above all else, what result are...
by Jonathan | Feb 25, 2019 | Future Leader, Leadership
If you are familiar with Dr. Abraham Maslow, then it’s likely because of his work in human motivation. The “hierarchy” starts, as it should, with the physiological. Air to breathe, food to eat, water to drink. We naturally satisfy that stuff first....
by Jonathan | Feb 22, 2019 | Leadership
Option 1 – you start at a new company. On the first day you fill out a ream of papers for HR. The computer in your unadorned cubicle is not hooked up yet, and your login credentials are coming “later today.” Your coworkers appear to be super busy and...
by Jonathan | Feb 21, 2019 | Future Leader, Leadership
Iron-clad communication tip! Ready? Here it is: As the communicator, converse at the same altitude as your audience. Let me break this down a bit. People naturally settle on a certain altitude when they are communicating. Whether this be at work or in life outside of...
