A client recently asked me a great question. He said “I’m bringing on a new employee, and I really want to build ownership in this person as soon as possible, but there’s also a lot of training I need to give them. What is the balance between giving my employee a lot of autonomy right [...]
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It is so compelling to set goals. The initial enthusiasm with which we boldly declare, “I’m going to do THIS!” makes us wonder why we didn’t set out to do it sooner. We entertain an idealized picture of ourselves completing this goal with ease. And then, the rubber meets the road. The day when [...] Mike Williams survived the blowout on The Deepwater Horizon and he shared his story on 60 Minutes in May. What I found fascinating, in addition to how he survived, was his description of a catalyzing moment in the board room, just one of the many leadership mistakes that led to the disaster. [...] Here I am at Starbucks, and I really have to pee. Trouble is, I’m all by myself. I could ask the woman next to me to watch my laptop, but I hesitate on that for awhile because I don’t even know her. What makes me think I can trust her? Or that [...] Everything I read about leadership, especially in and around Silicon Valley, talks about “managing up” and climbing the corporate ladder. You would think that since Silicon Valley is on the cutting edge of everything else, it would be getting this right. When Gen Y walks up to the bottom of that ladder, do we [...] |
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