In today's episode, Charles, Igor, and I continue the discussion on taking intentional downtime to increase our physical, mental, and relationship wellbeing during times of crisis. We also discuss the idea of creating a Trip Report to share with our team when we return. The Trip Report was made famous...
Super excited to talk to Charles Knight [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesjknight/] about leading in times of uncertainty. We discuss Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, how the framework applies to everyday leadership situations, and practical ways to adapt your style during a crisis. You can listen to the podcast episode...
> Score 100 on the things you can control In life, and especially in uncertain times, there are endless sources of "news" telling you what you should be worried about. Some of it is legitimate, some less so. Most of the stuff we find ourselves worrying about we have absolutely no...
Exceptional teams change the world. Dysfunctional teams don’t. One of my favorite movie scenes is from Apollo 13 after the crew realized they didn’t have enough oxygen to make it home. The team back at mission control rallied around a clear common cause - keeping humans alive -...
Next year is shaping up to be just as uncertain and stressful as the post-COVID years. Use December as an opportunity to encourage your team to take some much needed downtime this holiday season. As a leader, it's important to not only allow your team to take time off for...
Earlier on in my career I was working alongside a team of really smart developers building an application that you have probably used at a company you have probably head of as one of the typical unicorns [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_(finance)]. Quarter after quarter we worked together,...
Today the Wanna Grab Coffee? crew started a new series diving deep into The Nine Lies About Work - A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall [https://www.audible.com/pd/Nine-Lies-About-Work-Audiobook/1469074087]. Buckingham and Goodall use their experience at Gallup as...
In today’s episode we discuss how intentionality is the key to success. For starters, 10% of 2021 has already passed. As a collective, we constantly face so many distractions, achieving our goals all comes down to our ability to focus. The distractions that we faced last year are no...
> Pull up a comfortable chair and a calming drink and come spend a few minutes with Robert Greiner and me. I had the privilege of joining John and Brian on The One Broken Cog podcast to talk about careers, family, and transitioning into a leadership role. We got into some...
Today we discuss the core concepts behind Design Thinking and how you can apply them in a non-designer career. Components of Design Thinking * Human Centered – having empathy for the people you are designing products and services for * Integrative – looking at situations in a different way, thinking through the consequences of...
