In Japan, there is often a small body of water between the road and a home. A bridge connects the two. When someone crosses the bridge from the road to their home, they are moving from their public life into their private life. The bridge is symbolic, of course. It suggests an appropriate mindset shift. …
No, not the kind you sit on. What does it take to do a spectacular job running a meeting? What are some examples which spring to mind? We’ve helped a lot of companies think about their meeting culture. In the process, we’ve noticed some trends we’d like to share with you. For other useful tips …
It’s hard to get a meeting to be productive, engaging, and a good use of everyone’s time without a good agenda. From putting too many things on it to underestimating how much is really needed for any one topic, we have big feelings about this. In our second post on disrupting toxic meeting culture, let’s …
You know those conversations you dread having because you just don’t know how the other person is going to react? Or you don’t want them to react a certain way? Or you just can’t seem to get them to see things from your perspective? Those conversations require a little more planning. Let’s talk about six …
I can’t stand insincerity. Give it to me straight, every single time. And the thing about most people? They can smell insincerity a mile away, too. We are really good at noticing what people are doing. We’re even better at noticing what they are not doing. I’m not exactly sure why that is… social conditioning? …
Many people still seem to think leadership comes from your title, position, or having the corner office. This attitude results in what we like to call “Taskmaster Leadership” The focus, as the title suggests, is on tasks. It’s easy to use your authority over others as the hammer. But it will inevitably lead to high …
What do you know about your team members? No, I mean what do you really know about them as individual people? Their aspirations? What motivates them? What core values do they strive to live by? How about their preferred communication style? Talents and skills they possess which they aren’t using in their current role? How …
This month, rather than the traditional gratitude posts, we’re thinking specifically about the Covid-19 pandemic. While there are seemingly unending negatives to this pandemic, there are also silver linings to be found if you look for them. For the final blog in this series, the theme is insights. The pace of life and travel pre-Covid …
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 …
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