“My team members are always coming to me with problems they want me to solve. No one seems to be able to come up with their own solutions. It’s exhausting!” If this sounds familiar in some form, this blog post might be for you. The central question is focused on what type of leader you …
How do you think about leadership? Not the textbook or Google definition. What does it actually mean to you? How does your mindset help you? How does it hurt you? How do all of your answers to these questions inform your style of leadership? “It’s not the outer conditions of your life that determine your …
One of our hard-wired tendencies relates to how easy it is to adapt to new or changing situations. On one end of the spectrum are the folks for whom it is very uncomfortable to adapt unless specific conditions exist. If those conditions do not exist, they will likely push back, become flustered, and their stress …
Time is finite, unfortunately. I’m sure we’ve all had moments we wish could last forever, and days that simply can’t end fast enough. But unless one of you quantum physicists out there figures out a way to bend time to our wills, we’re stuck with its finite nature. The questions we’ve been asking around time …
I never have enough time! Pt. 4: What are you afraid of? Read More »
Have you caught yourself doing it? Bouncing from task to task, scrambling to meet deadlines, feeling like you’re putting out fires but never quite on top of everything? Speaking from personal experience, and in total honesty as I know you’ve come to expect from me, this is my default position. I thrive in chaos, so …
I never have enough time! Pt. 1: Who has time to plan?! Read More »
It seems like we should be somewhat used to uncertainty by now, right? We’ve been trying to figure out how to navigate this altered reality since March. But eight months later, we find many are still waiting for it to all be over and for life to just go back to “normal”. I get it. …
Do you like to have all the details or do you look for the summary or bullet points? Do you like structure, or only feel rules apply to other people? Welcome to another chapter in the book of hard-wiring! At one extreme, we have the rigid rule followers. There are clear lines and they are …
Hard-wiring 104: Black and white or Shades of Gray? Read More »
Okay, picture this. You’re working away on a report. You’ve really hit your stride and the words are flowing out of your fingertips. Suddenly, Susan sticks her head around the corner of your cube and says, “Hey, I need you to look at something for me.” Maybe you really like Susan and you don’t mind …
I have two teenagers. They could not be more different from each other if they tried. This is most obvious when it comes to how they process information and crystalize their thinking about it. My first-born is a talker. Now let me preface all of this by clarifying something really important— EVERYONE THINKS AND EVERYONE …
Hard-wiring 102: Wait, I wasn’t listening. I was processing. Read More »
Have you ever noticed resistance to accepting or sometimes even just hearing an idea from another person? Maybe you’re sitting in a meeting and people are exchanging ideas around the table. There are usually a few who will be the most insistent about their own ideas, and a few others who will not seem to …
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