Category: Leadership
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Recommended Reading – December 2018
I’ve posted the recommended reading blogs for one year now. It was a little experiment and I’ve enjoyed putting my thoughts to a few blogs but this will be my last for now. Here are posts from December that I recommend: The Best Leaders Are Helpful Being helpful to teams can be an overlooked priority…
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Don’t be fooled, leadership is not about being in front
If you regularly read books or blogs on leadership then you’re never far away from leadership quotes or graphics. They can be a powerful way to get a good point across and give useful reminders, however, they can also fool us into leading a certain way! Here are a few quotes: Leadership means running fast…
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Video: the drastic effects of incivility
incivility – rude or unsociable speech or behaviour. This 15 minute TED talk by Christine Porath explains how incivility can have drastic effects on the teams and culture. She shares some powerful research showing the true cost incivility has but also simple steps on how we can avoid it by thanking people, sharing credit, listening…
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Radical Candor – Quotes and Thoughts
Radical Candor by Kim Scott is one of my top recommended reads for leaders. For any leader or those aspiring to be it’s packed with great advice around building relationships and should challenge or direct how we do things. This blog is simply to highlight some of the areas that jumped out at me so…
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Recommended Reading – October 2018
Here are a few blogs I recommend reading from this month… On Leadership: Why building trust is the core of every successful team “Trust is the foundation of every great, high-performing team.” Great post on why trust and relationships are so important and how to build them. From the way your teams interact can you…
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Recommended Reading – September 2018
Here are a few blogs I recommend reading from this month… 6 tips to be a better manager in the most common situations you’ll face Asking for feedback from people has never resulted in too much success for me, a good tip is to “Ask for advice instead of feedback.” I do think that saying…
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“Are you on mute?” – The Tragedy of Meetings
In the echo chambers of time the phrases “Are you on mute?” and “Can you hear me?” will reverberate as an eternal reminder of how much precious time is lost in meetings. Many look back in despair at the time spent in awful meetings, it’s time that is lost forever! Has all hope disappeared for…
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Recommended Reading – August 2018
Here are a few blogs I recommend reading from this month… Maslow on Management Challenging blog looking into Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Motivation. “The famous Golden Rule, to do unto others as you would have them do unto you, is a failure of empathy.” Leaders of a team have the responsibility to meeting each person…
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Recommended Reading – July 2018
Some blogs I recommend reading from this month… How to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis Whether we like it or not people in our teams will go through difficult times, this covers good points for supporting those people in the right way. The 4 questions you should stop asking during your one-on-one…