The most overlooked and under-practiced form of leadership is peer leadership - influencing, supporting, and helping people at the same level grow and succeed.
What are you growing at your company?
As a leader, you’re something of a gardener. It’s your job to nurture people and the culture so there’s a positive environment - a place where people are growing into their best selves, cultivating their talents, and working together for everyone’s benefit. Without tending, your company can become as unwelcoming as that gravel-strewn back lot of weeds.
Consider these five steps to tend your cultural garden as you work and lead.
When Vulnerability Goes Wrong
Resolving others' objections (hint: it's easier than you think)
5 Tools to Create Simplicity for Your Team
Go Ahead. Dream of More.
Setting standards for others
Trust in the Workplace. Beer optional.
Want to, get to, choose to
"Do you think you should ...?" is a Solution in Disguise!
Have you ever felt like you wanted your team members to be more proactive? Most leaders genuinely want to empower their teams. We know it is not effective or scale-able to have one person doing all the thinking for the group.
Yet when we try to encourage our team members to take ownership and solve problems, often we unwittingly sabotage ourselves with Solutions in Disguise.
When "How can I help?" isn't as helpful as you think
Which Gets More Maintenance - Your Car or Your Co-Workers?
Setting limits without saying no
Whether you are an individual contributor, a department head, or a CEO answering to a board, you can often find yourself in the position of being asked to do more work than is possible given the time and resources available.
The bad news is I don’t have a magic formula for adding infinitely more work capacity.
The good news is I do have some magic phrases for responding to requests (or demands) for more work in a way that manages your capacity while still being a good team player.
