Posts with the ‘Communication’ tag
I started my first team from scratch and it took us over two years to hit our stride. My second team had a mix of experienced and novice members on it. We took about a year to begin to fire on all cylindars. The next team was pieced together from other teams. The individuals were […]
It’s like a sad Dilbert cartoon. A leader sitting in his office shooting email after email off to people he can see through the glass window of his office. It’s sadder when he has set up a culture on his team that he expects an immediate response to his emails. Is this a Dilbert cartoon […]
“That’s not going to work.” Every time my most experienced people said this, I cringed. I had a team with eight veterans and four rookies. I soon realized that our team’s experience was killing innovation. Each time a veteran spoke, it hurt us or helped us. Experience kept us from moving forward into new territory. […]
The death of a good idea is a tragedy. Many individuals bring forward great ideas only to see them assaulted by three different assassins. I have watched the assaults and done nothing. Yet, I wondered why my team was stagnating and not moving forward. I was asleep at the wheel. These assassins were individuals, groups […]
I’m an idea guy. I love to brainstorm and come up with ideas on how to make things better. I am also someone who can ignore the details or forget about them quickly. The more I work with leaders the more I realize I am not alone. All of us have strengths that can also […]
If I just want to speak then no thought is needed. I can just let her rip! If I want to be heard, then I must pay attention to what words I say and how I present them. I was reading an article on communication recently. The article gave me some good tips for changing […]
“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There is plenty of movement but you never know if it is going forward, backward or sideways.” -H. Jackson Brown Me: “Hey Laura. How are things going?” Laura: “It’s been a busy week Dave. I’ve been running non-stop since Monday.” I always want to surround […]
For a leader, inertia is both a friend and a foe. In 1687, Isaac Newton published his famous theory on inertia. Summarized it simply states, “A body at rest tends to stay at rest while a body in motion tends to stay in motion.” For a leader, understanding the theory of inertia is critical to […]
Confronting your boss is not fun. When I have done it, I have been met with anger, indifference, and/or passive aggressiveness. I have also seen some very positive reactions as well. When I speak to groups about Building A Culture of Leadership within an organization, I always discuss the need for those without the title […]
Email is a terrible way to communicate. There are multiple studies showing about 50% of all emails are misinterpreted. My experience and your experience probably support that fact. I have received angry emails from my customers, my peers and my leaders through the years. They can make me both angry and frustrated. Unfortunately, the way […]
