by Jonathan | Feb 19, 2019 | Leadership
Want some Girl Scout cookies? Leaders, how tall are your stacks? My daughter is selling Girl Scout cookies. These stacks are the pre-orders going to different family and friends. As I was looking at the stacks, I realized that one of our family member’s support...
by Jonathan | Feb 15, 2019 | Leadership
Here is an iron-clad improvement suggestion for your next internal training: Make the whole session feel more like a discussion than a lecture. Why? By doing so, you will make the concepts more sticky. Isn’t that the goal of training? To enact some sort of...
by Jonathan | Feb 14, 2019 | Leadership
Why even consider becoming a leader in the first place? When something goes wrong it’s your fault. When other things go right, your team gets the credit. If your decisions are wrong, people could lose their jobs. You are responsible for casting a vision and...
by Jonathan | Feb 13, 2019 | Future Leader, Leadership
Leaders! Lend me your ears for a moment. This will be the critical leadership skill over the next several years. Are you ready? The skill is… Decision making. “Oh. That’s it?” I know. I can feel your eyes rolling. It’s not sexy like...
by Jonathan | Feb 12, 2019 | Leadership
The research says that you will be happier making less money if the trade is for more time. How many of us do you think trade money for time? The research says that when you are feeling the most down, a good solution is to surround yourself with others. How excited...