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Maybe We Need Some Healthy Silos?
When the company is small, the piles of grain are small. It’s efficient, nimble, and flexible. As the business grows, you just get a bigger room. Eventually, though, managing the piles of grain gets harder.
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Know Your Audience
Roughly two lifetimes ago, I worked with a team that created everything from scripted shows for children to corporate awards ceremonies to spectacles that celebrated the place we live in. They taught me that impactful and memorable experiences are created by people that know how to tell stories.
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The 15 Things
I was recently reminded of something a wise person taught me a couple of careers ago. When we needed to let someone go. Heather asked me “Have you done the 15 things?”. Hmmm… Let’s see… did the employee get the appropriate training, support from their manager, the right resources to do their job? That’s only three…
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Clarity. Unity. Capacity.
Communication is key, and becomes more important as the project (and the team) gets more complex. But even if you’re a great active listener, adapt to your audience, and do all the things great communicators do, there’s a critical piece missing.
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Strategy & Tactics
Switching between strategy and tactics is hard. If you don’t make a conscious shift, you end up struggling like the characters in Patrick Lencioni’s leadership fable “Death By Meeting”.
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Torchlight
It’s critical to have everyone on the same page to be able to move forward efficiently and effectively. For me, there’s one metaphor I keep in mind when I think about what kind of leader I want to be.
