We’ve all worked with people who would fall into this category. People who are consistently doing more than is expected, in amazing quality, work longer hours without being asked and in the end come across as incredibly humble folks. In some cases that insecurity will be overcompensated by false confidence or bravado. However the rootContinue reading “Leading insecure overarchievers”
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Commit and lead!
Don’t sit on the edge… don’t!…. just don’t… What we will talk about today is leadership and the need for commitment at all times. Commitment to the big things and to the small things. We all have some common understanding of what it means when someone doesn’t commit. Usually, it means that someone doesn’t wantContinue reading “Commit and lead!”
Leadership and people alligment. Just talk!
It’s the only ability we have outside of text and pictures we can use, so we should obviously use it. And we do talk to each other, right? RIGHT?! We are on calls at work from early morning until late evening everyday. Either talking, listening, or petting a cat on our lap, hoping no oneContinue reading “Leadership and people alligment. Just talk!”
Ready, command, control, lose trust, no go!
This is my reflection after reading the book Turn the Ship Around. It is a brilliant book, which gives a quick insight into leadership, and what motivates us and provides sets of questions to reflect on. It’s also short and captivating! In the book David Marquet describes the difference between the leader-follower (know-all-tell-all) model ofContinue reading “Ready, command, control, lose trust, no go!”
Just above average 