Everyone has the ability to think – not just managers. Give your team members opportunities to contribute their ideas. I’m here on a slightly dreich night in Scotland. That means damp, by the way, and it’s a local production from a fantastic theatre company of The Wizard of Oz. Now in The Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow...
Fixing the environment for your team involves removing obstacles that get in the way of people being able to do their jobs. What do you see in your own environment that might be getting in the way of people being able to do their jobs? How can you fix the environment, not your people? Well,...
Vacations are important because it’s a time when we can recharge our batteries. But they’re also a good acid test in terms of our level of comfort with giving up control. What can you do to give up control while on your vacation? Coming up to that time of year when we take vacations. While...
Conversations around returning to the office or continuing to work from home are increasing. To help in the decision-making, codify your work between the Redwork of getting things done and the Bluework, which is about decision-making and collaboration. Use the way you have codified the work to help you think about where you would like...
In a meeting, if a leader expresses their opinion first, what they’re doing is anchoring the discussion to their own perspective. Instead, leaders speak last. They share their opinions once they’ve heard from other people to hear more diverse perspectives. I’m in Alloa in Scotland, where this anchor is a reminder of the history of...
I’m excited to announce the launch of Intent-Based Leadership International. Over the past 9 years, I have been humbled and inspired by leaders like you that have committed to building better workplaces based on giving people more control over their work — building leader-leader organizations in what we call the Intent-Based Leadership way. I’ve had...
People ask for clarity based on different motives and often they are looking to the leader to tell them what to do. A leader practicing Intent-Based Leadership® will provide information and not instruction. Beautiful days like this, I’m sorry to say, are quite rare in Scotland, so we’re making the most of it out on...
Leaders often say, ‘My door is always open’, but is that always true and do we understand the consequences of that? The truth is, our door isn’t always open, all the time. Sometimes, it has to be closed. When we say ‘My door is always open’, what we mean is, we are approachable and we...
