Avoid the Temptation to Micro-Manage
Leadership is often managing binary sets of expectations that often seem counter-productive to each other. For example, one often finds himself or herself in a position of leadership or influence because they are known for doing one particular thing well but fail because leading means often doing many things well. Another example can be you…
Is Belief in Life After Death a Fairy Story?
Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University-one of the most famous and influential scientists of our day called belief that heaven awaits us after death a “fairy story.” Here’s what Hawking said: “I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers;…
Getting the Best Ideas from your Team Members
One of the good challenges of working with and leading people is the chance to process and seek to draw out ideas they might have. These ideas might be thinking they have developed toward problem-solving a challenge or a totally new solution that can move the work of the area forward. Coaxing the idea out…