We’re distracted.
We’ve become human doings, not human beings. We live in the past or stress about the future.
But the one thing that matters the most is right now.
I’m sure there are many things in your life you can or should be thankful for; a roof over your…
Great leaders manage results, not time.
In the early days of my leadership career, I focused on setting boundaries for my team. I managed working hours and workdays. I was a tardiness titan.
“Don’t you dare come into the office at 9:01am.”
This doesn’t work, and it’s what shitty managers…
“People who write well, do well.”
In business, good writing gets your email read, your message delivered, and results pushed forward because your message is easy to understand.
You’re clear and concise. The book Writing That Works should be mandatory reading for everyone.
I haven’t gone that far, so instead…
This was from the latest edition of The Optimized Report newsletter, a collection of actionable ideas to help small business teams improve their performance, profit, and potential without sacrificing what’s most important.
Change is inevitable.
And for a lot of us, embracing it is a persistent struggle. We like things…
If you want to win, don’t focus on winning.
Winning is a byproduct of execution (so is losing). It’s the end result. When you place winning above everything else, you become desperate and make stupid decisions.
You think to yourself, “why can’t I win,” “winning isn’t for me,” or “why…
The number of hours your team works doesn’t translate to the value they create.
Hours do not equal effort. We can take it a step farther; the time of day your team works and where they work doesn’t translate into the value they create, especially for knowledge work.
Managers must…
The belief that managing people’s time generates high-quality business results is flawed.
At some point in the past, it was effective. We had to go to the office because that’s where everything was; the fax machine, the landline, and the micromanager.
People couldn’t work virtually. There was no virtual. …
Working hours, workdays, and the cubicle micromanager is relic of the past.
Great leaders no longer manage based on the time their team puts in, but rather the results they must achieve. …
This was from the latest edition of The Optimized Report newsletter, a collection of actionable ideas to help small business teams improve their performance, profit, and potential without sacrificing what’s most important.
The future of work will continue to change dramatically.
For years, I’ve been passionate about work as a…
Most companies get in the way of their teams trying to do good things.
They manufacture policies and short-term motivational tactics as a false sense of getting stuff done. They want people to “put in the time,” but how do you define time? Work isn’t somewhere you go; it’s something…
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