At the start, you know you need to challenge the status quo. You embrace change as an opportunity to grow.
As you become the leader you fear mistakes rather than the uncertainty of innovation.
Change is constant, keep improving.
Category Archives: Articles
Building More Successful Projects – Why It Is So Important.
Ever notice that kids constantly ask ‘why’? They’re onto something – that’s how they learn and grow.
The best leaders don’t just give orders; they encourage their teams to ask ‘why’ and find better solutions.
Curiosity isn’t just the spark of invention; it’s also the fuel that keeps the fire burning.
Making Beautiful Music – How Making It Harder For Your Team Can Unlock Creativity
Constraints can be challenging, and that is the point.
studies have shown that students who are given a limited number of words to write a persuasive essay are more likely to generate more creative arguments.
To Be, Or Not To Be, Important
It is stroking your ego when you want your team to make you feel important.
A good leader makes their team feel important by highlighting their successes and contributions.
Authority Doesn’t Mean Expertise
Authority is a title; expertise is a skill.
Experts are always learning. They’re open to feedback, new ideas, and different perspectives.
Look for the person with the deepest understanding of the problem you’re trying to solve not the best office.
It’s A Barbie World, Kinda
Thinking philosophically is messy, but also creative.
Formulaic thinking is efficient but limited.
We need leaders to ask questions and explore ideas.
One challenges the status quo, one conforms to it.
Play Through The Fear part 2
The burden of leadership is that they should outgrow you.
To lead isn’t to hold back to protect our fragile ego.
It is to strengthen their ego by showing them what they can become.
Them outgrowing us showed we did a good job.
Play Through The Fear
Running is running right?
But running towards something is completely different from running away from something.
Play and fear are motivators but they generate different processes.
What are you leading lead you?
Who Is Your Real Competition?
The narrative of competition is always external. Outside forces wanting to stop you.
The truth is they are obstacles and impediments, the real competition is yourself.
Being better than you were yesterday and being ready if and when the opportunity strikes.
Some Decisions on Making Good Decisions
Good decisions don’t just come out of thoughtful curiosity and savvy thinking.
It comes out of being in the right mindset to make a good decision.
There is a word hangry for a reason. The question to ask is should you be making a decision in your state?
Luke McMeeken-Ruscoe 