Category: Execution
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Don’t fail fast. Fail small. And cheaply.
Do you strive for continuous improvement or innovation? Mixed messaging can confuse your team.
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You can’t avoid all consternation with well set expectations, but it’s worth a try
Disappointment can be a destructive force in a work environment.
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Hybrid work environments can succeed
Teams can deliver sustainable results in hybrid work environments with outcome-centric thinking.
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Think right to left as often as you think left to right
Successfully deliver your strategy by working backwards from the goal to today’s work.
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Does your team know what they are optimizing for?
Clear communications include unambiguously stating what the team should optimize for.
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Does your team do the least amount of work possible to achieve their goals?
Right-size structure to the work and the structure will feel supportive rather than burdensome.
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When deciding how to structure your team, do you begin with the talent you have or the work to be performed?
Over time, a structure-centric approach provides benefits a person-centric approach cannot match.
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Habits are hard to break. Leverage that.
Human beings are creatures of habit. That’s good news for leaders.
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Recognize psychological safety is real
Your team members have no built-in reason to challenge you. How do you make it okay for them to do so?
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Don’t underestimate the importance of leader alignment
Remove barriers for your team by listening to and influencing other leaders to achieve alignment.
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Leader behavior trumps structure every time
It takes courage to confront other leaders when they exhibit poor behavior.
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Do you challenge your team with empowering questions?
Remove barriers by asking your team, “what would have to be true?”
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Would be interested in hearing thoughts/ideas on how the community is leveraging AI to further enhance their leadership capacity.
Thank you Bob for your submission. I look forward to hearing thoughts from the community. Would you like to share some of your current practices?
