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Does the world happen to you, or do you happen to the world?

Most people wait for permission to solve problems. The subtle message they send is “I don’t care enough to solve this on my own. Tell me what to do.” The world happens to them.

High agency people are different. They care. And because they care, they solve problems without being told. They... See more

This Framework Fixes ANY Chaotic Meeting

4Cs: Collect, Choose, Create, Commit

1. Collect:
What challenges / topics we want to talk about in this meeting (dump of thoughts, clearing of the mind clutter)

a. Our ELT attempts to do this asynchronously via Slack in advance of the Weekly Tactical meeting

2. Choose:
What will we focus on right now?

a. We in real time in the meeting choose / prioritize what to address

b. I think we could use a parking lot more/more effectively

3. Create:
Generate interesting ideas for the priority/focus topic(s)

4. Commit:

a. We have decided to do X

b. Here’s how, and

c. Here’s who…

If scale is the goal, your control over each interaction has to loosen. The job of the leader is to create the conditions for others to raise the standards.

Trusting your team isn’t settling for less. It’s settling for better.

The best leaders are not cost centers. They’re force multipliers.

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Think like a farmer

some become Flying Monkeys- resourced, rewarded, and often unaware of the role they’ve been cast into as the bully’s weapons. In every workplace where a Scapegoat is quietly isolated, excluded, or erased, there’s a cast of characters keeping the story in motion: the passive bystander, the image-protecting leader, the gossip relayer, and the... See more

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In every workplace drama where someone is scapegoated, isolated, or quietly erased, there are others playing a part, some by choice, most by habit.

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-is this environment built for truth?or- is it an ecosystem built to protect appearances?

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PRAYER

CONFESSION: Lord,

help me to face the truth about myself.

Help me to hear my words as others hear them,

to see my face as others see me;

let me be honest enough to recognize

my impatience and conceit;

let me recognize my anger and selfishness;

give me sufficient humility to accept

my own weaknesses for what they are.

Give me the grace to say, “I was... See more