The power of checklists
This may sound obvious, but it turns out that checklists are a super powerful tool for getting things right. I heard a great interview about the power of checklists in hospitals on NPR — if you’re interested check it out here: For each of our areas, I want us to think about creating some great […]
Communicate early and often
I’ve experienced it and I’m sure you have too. You’re getting close to a deadline for a project and you’re waiting on 12 essential details to complete everything. You’re so close to the deadline that having any conversations or communication will KEEP you from completing the project. So what do you do? You skip them… and […]
Who is your replacement
You may be just walking into your role as a leader or maybe you’ve been at this for a while. The best leaders are always thinking forward to how they can make themselves replaceable. If you know you your replacement might be… What responsibilities or projects could you delegate to them sometime soon? How might […]
Not enough time…
I’m sure you’ve experienced this before. A project or deadline is quickly approaching and you think to yourself, if I only had more time, everything would be so much better.It might be true. More time might allow you to achieve what you’re trying to do. But patterns of feeling like there’s not enough time can lead […]
Giving authority away
Check out this awesome quote from Craig Groeschel: “When you delegate tasks you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders.” Delegating tasks looks like people “helping you” to get something done. This results in followers. You have the authority—they have an action item. However, when you give away authority, you give someone else the ability to make decisions on […]
Resistance as positive evidence
When we encounter Resistance, we might get discouraged conclude that our idea or project is being rejected and a failure. We interpret Resistance as negative evidence. But what if we counted Resistance as positive evidence? Resistance is evidence that our idea just might stick… Resistance is evidence that our art isn’t for everyone… Resistance is […]
