Last week my teenage son was at a ski competition at Taos Ski Valley and he brought home a ski hat with “Janitor” across the front. While the hat was nice, I was really curious about why it said “Janitor.” My son shared that the founder of Taos Ski Valley, Ernie Blake, used to wearContinue reading “Do you want to spend your time doing $10,000 an hour thinking or $10 an hour tasks?”
Category Archives: Prioritizing
End of Year Questions and Intentions
3 Critical Leadership Questions… and some other reflections As the new year comes along, most of our budgets for the next year have been finalized and approved, and we begin (if we haven’t started already) to plan out how we will achieve these goals. For most, this focus is on tangible milestones—projects, tasks and initiativesContinue reading “End of Year Questions and Intentions”
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”
People Who Suck At Multitasking Don’t Realize They Suck
Many of the clients I get to coach and work with will regularly argue for the value and necessity of multitasking, despite the extensive research on the impact of doing multiple things at once on quality. This article, People Who Suck At Multitasking Don’t Realize They Suck, does a nice job of reminding us of theContinue reading “People Who Suck At Multitasking Don’t Realize They Suck”
Delegation without Dumping
Learning to delegate effectively is a frequent challenge for many of those who I have coached. Managers often choose between two evils: micromanaging or dumping. Effective delegation is an art that frees up the mangers time to focus on their “real” job and their priorities, and is an effective tool for development and growth, asContinue reading “Delegation without Dumping”
Inciting Leaders 