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Season Finale
An unfiltered video post where I reveal the good, the bad, and the ugly of Covid for me and ask you to share with me your version.
Communicate More When You Know Less
Another personal story that illustrates a universal point. When there is uncertainty about the future, communicate more, not less. You don’t need all the answers to help alleviate anxiety.
Dealing with the Team Historian
Do you have someone on your team who responds to every question about the future with a statement about the past? Are they holding your strategic conversations back? Here are some tips to manage your team historian.
Do Teams Decide?
Most teams think that one of the most important activities they do as a team is to make decisions. I argue that teams don’t make decisions and those that try to are less efficient and effective than those that assign the authority for a decision to an individual. Does your team suffer with any of these symptoms of team decision-making?
Conversations About Racism
When I look at all the advice I’ve given about productive conflict, I realize that some of it applies perfectly to conversations about racism and some of it doesn’t. I’m revisiting my rules and revising them for how to fight the good fight when it comes to conversations about systemic racism.
How to Onboard New Employees Remotely
A few people have asked me how they can successfully onboard new employees when we’re still stuck in work from home. It’s possible, it will just require that you’re more deliberate about what you want the new team member to experience and more creative about how to make that happen remotely. Here are some strategies you can use to orient new employees in a work from home world.
Managing Fear and Emotions
What’s different about managing during a pandemic? It’s how much time and energy leaders need to invest in addressing the fear and emotions of their people. Here are a few reminders about how to keep emotions from hijacking your team.
Close to the Boiling Point
I have started getting calls from teams that are struggling to cope with the crisis. Do you recognize any of these warning signs from your team. I’m looking for input so I can provide tools and resources to get you through this.
Pass the Accountability
Trying too hard to force accountability will only weaken it. Here are some strategies you can use to foster accountability on your team.
Keep or Ditch?
Some changes I’ve had to make to keep working during Covid are actually improvements. Here’s what I’ll keep (and what I’ll ditch) in post-lockdown meetings.
Whole Humans
How are you getting to know your colleagues differently by interacting with them from home? How do you feel about connecting with each other as whole humans?
Feeling the Stretch
There is plenty of home schooling going on at our house. My daughters are schooling me. Here’s what I learned this week.