Tag: management
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Undercommit and Overdeliver: Building Trust and Boosting Team Morale
Imagine briefing your stakeholders on the status of your project. You share your team’s progress, risks, and a projected completion date based on the best data available. Despite emphasizing the fact that this is a projection, not a guarantee, your stakeholders will likely walk away with the end date as a firm commitment. This happens…
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Decisiveness
When a decision needs to be made, waiting for perfect data often leads to inaction, missed opportunities, and lost momentum. In both the military and business, the ability to make quick, informed decisions is crucial. In military training, leaders are taught that doing something – anything – is better than waiting. Inaction allows the enemy…
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Leading Through Change: Why Explaining ‘Why’ Matter
The most important part of leading through change is not just making decisions – it’s explaining why the change is necessary and why it’s the right decision at this moment. Change is Tough – for Everyone Change shakes things up. It disrupts our routines, makes us feel unsure, and often demands more energy than we…
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Navigating the Invisible Divide: Leading for the First Time
When you step into a leadership role for the first time – especially when the people you now lead were recently your peers – you may be surprised to notice an invisible wall forming between you and the members of your team. The colleagues you once vented with about company quirks or second-guessed management decisions…
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The Rewards and Realities of Leadership
Why would someone want to step away from the individual contributor work they excel at and take on the added responsibility of leadership? The transition to leadership offers both advantages and disadvantages, and the decision to lead is deeply personal. Through years of experience in leadership roles, I’ve come to understand both the rewards and…
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