by Jonathan | Oct 29, 2018 | Communication, Leadership
When somebody is doing the mental calculus as to whether to join your team, one of the metrics they are using is the PITA factor. As in, how much of a pain-in-the-ass are you going to be as a leader. Since we are in an unabashed employee’s job market, the weight...
by Jonathan | Oct 26, 2018 | Leadership
Leaders’ words have power. What you say matters. What you don’t say matters. Your team will use your words to create a lens to look at issues through. The absence of words creates a different lens that they will look at issues through. As you move higher...
by Jonathan | Oct 25, 2018 | Leadership
The biggest difference? Future leaders invest their time in people and processes that will make tomorrow even better while other leaders spend their time trying to satisfy all incoming demands. It’s about investing time versus spending time. Orient your work...
by Jonathan | Oct 24, 2018 | Leadership
When a team member is angry, usually what they want most is to have someone listen to them. They don’t want advice or solutions or a strategy or a plan or a mindset, they just want your undivided attention. My problem is that I always want to jump to solutions....
by Jonathan | Oct 23, 2018 | Future Leader, Leadership
The future of building the right teams is rapidly changing. Fueling this change is a basic question: Are you attracting people who want to be a part of your organization, in particular, and what it stands for, or are you attracting people because you have an open...
