Tag Archives: Leadership

4 Approaches To Sharpen Your Thinking and Get Better Ideas

Do you often come to the same answer as most people? The same conclusion? Most people do. This is because they read the same stuff, talk to people who are similar to them and don’t question their assumptions. Social media has created a bubble devoid of critical thinking which drives people to the same conclusions.

5 Ways Leaders Can Drive Innovation In Their Business

When it happens, innovation isn’t an accident. Why? Because of leadership. Leadership is another code word for innovation. Sure, teams innovate; they do the work. But, leaders drive and enable people to do their best work. Show me an innovative organization and I’ll show you a great leader behind it that created a culture that enables it to outperform consistently.

Use These 8 Tools To Make Better Decisions

Do you like making decisions? Are you good at making them? We all make bad decisions, how can we make better ones? I read books on all topics, but books about how to improve your thinking and decisions making are top on my list. With that said, one book I recommend people read is Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke; a professional poker player, and author. The book argues that decision-making is a process of making bets, and that by understanding this process, we can make better decisions.

10 Strategies For Changing Your Perspective

It’s all a matter of perspective. Perspective is worth more than IQ. Cliche’s you’ve heard before; they true. Having and gaining perspective is part of growing up, few people take full control of enhacing it and most don’t.

Embrace Feeling Dumb

I don’t know. Great!, that’s where you want to start, I said.  Society rewards experience, expertise, having all the answers. But better answers aren’t found in the domain of old ideas, they’re found when we actively question what we think we know and venture outside our field of expertise.

5 Leadership Mistakes I Made As A First Time Leader

The week leading up to the New Year is a great week for reflection.. My first leadership experience was when I worked at FedEx Ground; I was 18 years old. I wasn’t a manager, but I had responsibilities and supervised people. I earned that because of my quick development and smarts, I didn’t have someone to mentor me.