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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Launch New Talent
When new colleagues join a team, the process of onboarding typically begins whereby the employees are welcomed and receive role-specific instruction.
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Taste Your Words Before You Spit Them Out
Cowboys and cowgirls of the American West have an expression we can all learn from: Taste your words before you spit them out.
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Does Your Email Begin With a Request for Action?
Clearing out your email inbox is one of the small pleasures of life when you can accomplish it. The stack of emails that continue to pile up hour-by-hour is difficult for even the most productive leaders to navigate.
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Patience or Stubbornness?
When it comes to making critical decisions, understanding whether you are being patient or stubborn is of the utmost importance.
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Great to Finally Meet You!
Virtual calls were thrust upon the world during the pandemic and leaders everywhere learned the many benefits of engaging via video.
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Showcase the Skills and Talents You Do Not Possess
Frequently recognizing the talents and skills of those you lead is what good leaders do. When leaders express pride in the skills of their team, that honor permeates throughout the organization and bolsters confidence and esteem.
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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