FieldNotes
Our daily Field Notes email is just the kind of jumpstart you need. A fast read. Maybe less than a minute. Because sometimes it just takes one insight to change the trajectory of the day.
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Allow Others to Shadow You
We learn best when we watch others in action, observing the details they attend to and the way they go about getting things done.
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Leaders Are Always a Work in Progress
Leaders are everyday people and, as such, make some boneheaded moves. Bad decisions, actions that lack integrity, unforced errors with team-wide consequences. They inadvertently share confidential information. They make promises that can’t be kept. The list of brainless missteps are shared by all leaders on occasion. Once the apology has been offered but before forgiveness
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Seek Commitment, Not Compliance
Admired Leadership Field Note: Seek Commitment, Not Compliance
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Exaggeration Makes a Powerful Point
Admired Leadership Field Note: Exaggeration Makes a Powerful Point
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Sparking a Healthy Debate
Admired Leadership Field Note: Sparking a Healthy Debate
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Restating What Others Should Have Said
Admired Leadership® Field Note: Restating What Others Should Have Said
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I Received the Same Feedback as You
Admired Leadership Field Note: I Received the Same Feedback as You
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Relax by Doing Something Intense
Without occasionally pushing yourself to the limit, you will never know how far you can go or what you might achieve. We often surprise ourselves when we push beyond our expectations to a place we didn’t think we could go. Working with intensity and urgency past the point of exhaustion sometimes produces extraordinary outcomes. So,
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When People Lie
Once a colleague has engaged in a significant lie, it is difficult for those around them to fully believe anything they say or do. As the saying goes, no one believes a liar — even when they’re telling the truth. Maybe you have noticed this: We never refer to people as recovered liars. We don’t
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Sharing a Risk Together Builds Trust
Leaders and team members depend on each other for financial security and social stability. The stakes are big, and so is the risk associated with failure. It is actually this risk that fosters trust between colleagues. When people share a risk together, they come to depend on each other even when they don’t want to.