Intent-Based leaders create an environment where it’s safe for people to remove items from products and from plans. Not only does it make doing the work more sustainable, experience and research show that we often get more creative solutions when we remove things. Jenni is here with more. What makes us always want to add...
Overclaiming our role in projects is part of being human. Here is David in Germany with more. This 40-foot bronze soldier is the largest war memorial in Germany. It’s a Soviet War Memorial, built here by the Soviets after World War II. And it commemorates the liberation of Berlin from the Nazis by the Red...
Leaders come across many obstacles when trying to implement change. Here, David gives advice for working with people who push back. One of the questions I get pretty regularly is “how do you handle blockers or people who are opposed to the culture that you want to build?” Well. You want to decide, is this...
Intent-Based Leaders show new employees support. Here, David suggests questions to ask on the first day. I got a question the other day from a keynote presentation that I’d never seen before and loved it. It was “What would be the first question you would ask a new employee?” So – first of all –...
The language we use affects how we think and how we act. The word “resource” is dehumanizing. We become numbers on a spreadsheet instead of the talented, engaged people that we are at work. Here’s Jenni with more. Think back to when you were little. Did you ever want to be a resource when you...
Intent-Based Leaders make it psychologically safe for people to share thoughts and ideas. What can you do to help your team feel safe to speak up in your next meeting? Here’s Jenni with more. As Intent-Based Leaders, we want to make it safe for people to speak up. And we know the bias for staying...
Leaders encourage probabilistic conversation which allows people to share thoughts and communicate in a way that encourages thinking. Here’s David with further explanation. Hey, here’s one representation of what Hurricane Ian might do to Florida, where I live, which is going to hit tomorrow (September 28, 2022). And it shows this single line. And we...
Leaders create opportunities for people to ask questions, but also pose questions to start conversations. This helps Leaders provide the information needed for clarity. Here’s Peter with more. It’s another lively session of the Prime Minister’s questions, live from the House of Commons in London where the Prime Minister undergoes a weekly interrogation from MPs...
Praise is part of the manipulative strategy of bosses. Leaders dealing with adults observe not evaluate, and prize not praise. Here, David explains the difference and why it matters. Hey, we put out a post recently where we talked about praise being a manipulation, a manipulative tool that bosses use to control people and to...
Activating the learning vector will destress performance anxiety. Here’s David with insight about how this worked during a big inspection on the Santa Fe. Before major inspections, I would get super nervous. I felt like there was a lot riding on it. And I had this view of this big performance vector. And that was...
