Grief and leadership
not the usual pitch
Section
Leading-and-Managing
Connections
Smartness and employees
Your employees are smart, that is why you hired them, so treat them that way
What happens with a good idea with a mediocre team?
From the book: “Creativity Inc.” If you give a good idea to a mediocre team they will screw it. If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it …
Intent Based Leadership
This is the approach I’m trying to use (with various degree of success), this is what a leader should do, this is why it is hard to implement and most of the time not …
Organisational debt
Organisational debt is the equivalent of technical debt, but for an organisation. Using the definition of technical debt on Wikipedia I propose the following definition …
Frank's conference calls hygiene checklist
Frank’s conference call hygiene checklist When it is my meeting introduce Everyone don’t let people get distracted start on time. better put the start of the meeting 5 …
Does 6 thinking hats method work?
Hello readers, I’ve finished reading six thinkings hats, a well known method to make decision faster and meetings more productive. I really like the theory and the …
Struggling with workload? My recommended first step
I used to feel overloaded first thing in the morning, simply by looking at all the numbered red dot showing over apps like: emails, slack, skype, calendar, paper stack …
Beware of the leader without scars
Until recently, I was saying that I do not want managers; I want leaders. That’s bullshit! Managers and leaders are both needed, and this quote summarises it so well …
The first sentence you should say in a meeting
When facilitating a meeting (or being the organiser) After sharing the agenda in advance using the POMO method, when the time of the meeting arrives, the first sentence …