A couple of weeks ago, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, sent the following memo to all of his employees. In this lengthy email, Hseih outlined his strategy for growing the business through Holocracy, an approach to organizational governance where decision-making, authority, and structure are distributed throughout the organization instead of being housed or owned byContinue reading “What the Holacracy?”
Category Archives: Leadership
Leadership and the Seahawks
People seem to either love or hate the Seahawks. Regardless of your thoughts about the team, their coach Peter Carroll’s approach to leadership is unique in the NFL. I just read a really insightful article about the Carroll’s leadership style: Pete Carroll’s road to redemption leads Seahawks back to SuperBowl, shot at history. A coupleContinue reading “Leadership and the Seahawks”
FOMO and emails
How soon do you expect others (or yourself) to respond to email? Social media, email, texting, IM, and all the other tools that are relatively new forms of communication (most, within the last 10-15 years) promote this deep seated fear of missing out (FOMO), which drives us to not only check all our sources ofContinue reading “FOMO and emails”
Are You Doing $25/hr Tasks, When you Should Be Doing $25,000/hr Thinking?
In the last month I’ve worked with about a dozen coaching clients–most of whom struggle with some similar challenges as they move into more significant leadership roles. Many leaders in first- or second-line management roles find themselves pulled between three poles: leadership, management, and production. Across every industry I have worked with, people in theContinue reading “Are You Doing $25/hr Tasks, When you Should Be Doing $25,000/hr Thinking?”
Disrupting Purpose to Become a Better Leader
I am fascinated by the blending of purpose of the bike described in the recent Fast Company post–This Ingenious Bike Doubles as its own Lock. The article points out that any bike lock is breakable with the right tools and amount of time, so the designers have developed a bike that partially comes apart toContinue reading “Disrupting Purpose to Become a Better Leader”
Leadership Crash Course
Historically, people spent many years in an organization (or at least an industry) rising through the ranks–honing and adjusting their skill set as the rose. With Boomer retirements, a relatively small GenX talent pool to replace retiring senior leaders, increasingly organizations are facing the reality of having to promote leaders in their late 20s andContinue reading “Leadership Crash Course”
Are you Fueling or Steering Your Employees?
Earlier this week I was listening to a webinar on parenting adolescence and the speaker suggested and interesting concept that for parenting tweens and teens that I believe has great application to working with employees. When parenting and leading people at work, it is critical to manage the balance between steering and fueling. By usingContinue reading “Are you Fueling or Steering Your Employees?”
How Emotionally Intelligent are You?
I was recently sent this article, 9 Things Emotionally Intelligent People Won’t Do (thanks Janet Bartel) about emotional intelligence, and thought that it was worthy of sharing. The author does a nice job of bypassing the theory and focusing on the 9 critical behaviors (or what they won’t do) of emotionally intelligent people. #emotionalintelligence #leadership Continue reading “How Emotionally Intelligent are You?”
If you are not sick and tired of communicating, you aren’t communicating enough.
Leading Change Not too long ago I had ACL surgery. While going through the process I had the opportunity to consider the similarities between my experience with the doctor, and many people’s experience with change in their organizations. My knee doctor is great at what he does—he’s the head physician for the US Snowboard TeamContinue reading “If you are not sick and tired of communicating, you aren’t communicating enough.”
Myths About Introverts
Historically, leadership models have been biased against introverts and in favor of extraverts. A lot has been written about introverts in recent years–see Susan Cains book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. This article provides a nice and succinct overview about misconceptions of introverts: 5 Myths About Introverts. ForContinue reading “Myths About Introverts”
Inciting Leaders 