Okay, let me clarify a little from Tuesday’s post, especially for my friend at Red Phog (follow him on Twitter here). With any process, there is one major variable to keep in mind: context matters. Context is everything, especially in leadership. As we lead people, we understand that no two …
wes Avoid Answering No for Someone Else
I don’t know if you’re like me, but rejection is a terrible thing. Working up the courage to ask someone for help can be exhausting, and it’s only made worse when they say no. But there is something that hurts more than asking and being told no: never asking. Because …
Learning to Trust
My youngest daughter broke her leg in January. She spent 5 weeks in a cast. Now she has the cast off, and for the last two weeks she has been retraining her leg muscles, and her brain, to walk the right way. More than the physical training, though, it’s been interesting …
Be Careful Who Speaks into Your Life
For the record, one of the regular parts of what I’m going to try to write about are little lessons I’ve learned along the way. This semester I have the fortune of having an intern, and every week we sit down for what I call “incoherent ramblings”. Often these are …
Don’t Hide from Hard Conversations
Have you ever had a meeting scheduled that you dreaded all day? Maybe it’s a yearly review, a potentially explosive situation, or a conversation you are fully expecting to go south. Over the years, I have learned the difficult lesson to not run away from difficult conversations. A few years …