Blog Chatter

Question: How can employees & employers increase trust between them when each has a responsibility to make money at the other’s expense?

Share your thoughts here!

~ Gregory

Self Awareness

Carter Campbell is the Return-On-Investment guy. In his recent newsletter, he reminds us to become more self aware by examining our schedule and activities.

He wrote, “Open your eyes to what needs to be done today to advance your personal and professional activities.”

Tell us about a time you improved your ROI by becoming more aware of how you were investing your time.

Working Together

There’s something satisfying about taking a task and owning it completely – start to finish. When it’s done, it is entirely yours – it has your signature on it and – excellent or fair – the quality is yours. The downside is that you get less done than a team member who seeks collaboration.

When we work independently on self-contained projects, the organization suffers. There’s a lack of team spirit, it takes longer to complete projects, and there are fewer fresh ideas to spark continuous improvement. When we share our tasks and ideas, we feel the benefits of collaboration and create more opportunities to have fun.

What techniques have you used to invite somebody to share a project?

Full-time Leadership?

A key responsibility of a leader is knowing when NOT to lead.

A leader’s role is to motivate, set a direction, and get the team moving. Then, a good leader  gets out of the way so that the people being led can take over and maintain the momentum.

The highest calling of a leader is developing other leaders. The person who feels they must lead everybody all the time isn’t a leader – that’s a maintenance manager (and one with a narrow view, at that!)

Have you experienced a good leader who helped you develop your leadership?