If you put a tight grip on your team, you are going to find you do not have much left to hold on to. My role as a point leader is to help my team achieve their dream jobs. In my own organization, our team reports to be working in the 90th percentile of engagement. That means all day long, all year long, individual team members are spending 90 percent of their time on things that give them energy. What does this mean? It means that they are working in areas of their passion. … [Read more...]
Blackout Periods
One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us. - Daniel Goleman As leaders, we have to guard against distractions. We all know things like we can't drink a fifth of whiskey at night and expect to be sharp the next morning. We can't eat jelly beans for breakfast and expect our productivity to be strong throughout the day. These seem fairly obvious – or at least I hope they do. But, more than anyone else, leaders have to manage … [Read more...]