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I love the coaching approach because it tends to look optimistically at the future. In regular life, we all fall into traps of being depressed about how messed up things are, and how impossible it will be to surmount the obstacles in front of us.
What you have to realize is that it’s mostly a story in your head. Sure, there are barriers and challenges ahead. But that’s been true since the day you were born.
And you overcame most of them, right?
Read the rest of this entry »This last year has worn us out. Sure, we can blame Zoom Fatigue – which is a real thing – but the honest truth is that we’ve an intense period of uncertainty, fear, instability, and even boredom.
But this is going to continue, and we wonder if we’ll ever experience “normal” as we had it a couple of years ago. I suspect not.
So how do we keep our energy up?
Read the rest of this entry »I want to express my appreciation for all of you who have stuck with me for so many years. I’ve been publishing a newsletter since 2010, and have received an incredible amount of support and valuable feedback.
Thank you.
And that’s the subject of this article, actually. Expressing thanks for the great work that people are doing, whether paid or not. This is something I’ve learned with leading volunteer groups, but just as important for my employees.
Read the rest of this entry »Some days it’s hard to get focused. And stay focused. This can be a struggle for everyone on your team.
It’s understandable: There’s a lot going on, a lot of big, big issues and concerns.
So the first step on this path is to cut yourself a little slack for being … human. But you don’t want it to stop there, right?
Read the rest of this entry »Is your organization headed somewhere specifically? Somewhere important?
I recently heard David Burkus talk about the concept of being on a “crusade”. It’s similar to how I’ve used the concept of “mission,” but the word has more emotional impact.
David talked about three kinds of crusades:
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You can do nothing about the past. So business should all be about the future, right?
So why bother looking at stuff we can’t affect? Because of what you can learn from it.
If you think about it, that’s why we track metrics and measures – because of how it informs and supports decisions about the future.
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AS OWNER OR LEADER, YOU are one of the key assets of the business. Your employees are wonderful, I understand, but without leadership it will all fall apart.
Yet it seems we’re the last one to get taken care of.
I admire leaders who recognize what it takes to sustain their own focus, energy, and inspiration. Without doing that, you can’t pass it off to your people.
WE ALL KNOW that goals are important. If you’re going to make progress, you have to decide what moving forward means.
But that has no emotion in it. It’s just blah-blah-blah management speak.
Our challenge is how to create a sense of excitement and inspiration with your business goals.
YOUR PRIMARY VALUE as a leader is to give people direction, to align their work in order to achieve the large goals of the group.
But that’s the left-brain way of thinking. It’s fine and necessary as far as it goes, but it’s missing something.
Caring. Purpose. Passion.
IT’S REALLY DEPRESSING how many people are disengaged from their jobs.
I’ve been there, and you probably have too. It’s not a great feeling.
But guess what? As a leader and business owner, you have the great opportunity to do something about it for your people. And it’s not rocket science.
The Values-Based Business 