Ideas should stand on their own two feet.
When you let who is saying the idea count more than the idea, you have popularity contests not idea fights.
Let them fight.
Tag Archives: Leadership
Lead by letting go
Leadership is explaining to your team what is important, and what values your team works by.
The goal is to have them be able to work independently. If they can’t work with you, then you are not leading, you are the problem.
Don’t Skip The Process
Understand the outcome is fine, it shows where we want to go.
The process we follow is how we get there.
If you skip steps and try to just get to the outcome you often miss out of the things that will make the outcome worthwhile.
Don’t Play Their Game
Simplicity is difficult. It is painful to cut things out, to remove things that might be helpful.
Complexity appears intelligent but it is a crutch to not have to be specific about what you are doing.
Planning for the futre
Strategy is about what you think will happen in the future. Planning is about using resources in the present. If you spend all your time planning, you won’t have any future.
Imperfect
We want to let go of the idea of perfection. Nothing is going to be perfect. Everything is always in a state of flux.
You get out of life what you put in it, the process is important.
Rest Those Weary Bones
Stress is part of the improvement process. You need to work out to get stronger, you need to study to learn.
The problem is not enough rest to allow the stress to make you better.
Exhaustion is not too much stress, but too little rest.
What an opportunity
The challenge of creativity is not having everything you need, but not having everything you need and figuring out how to make it work.
Why and How
Your boss asks a request that makes no sense, you want to ask why?
This can be challenging.
Instead ask how?
This makes them have to understand what they are asking and you might then get the why you were looking for.
Motion vs Action
Motion (Thinking) feels like you are doing something productive and moving you towards your goal.
Action (Doing) actually gets you there but is way more risky because you can fail.
Choose action over motion.
Luke McMeeken-Ruscoe 