There are two ways to shut down the constant stream of Red Herrings. Acknowledge their issue, and ask them if they want to run with it. Ask if that should be the team’s primary focus instead of what they are here to discuss. Ask them for their plan to resolve the issue. A few things will happen. They will not want to run with it. They will not want to change the team’s focus. They…
While everyone is working on the day-to-day, your focus, as the leader needs to be on their growth. What can they do to get better? What do they need? What are they missing? What do they want to be learning? Where can I help them? These are all the necessary pieces that you need to put together to help them achieve their growth plan so they can keep being the same great team that keeps…
Everything works better with a tuneup. When was the last time you had yours? The last time you tuned up your tools? Your team?
One chainsaw – consistently starts, is kind of powerful, doesn’t give up, keeps chugging, and needs some maintenance. Another chainsaw – new, strong, has the potential to do a lot, gets temperamental when you don’t position it properly or get the timing of the start wrong. Both do the same thing – cut wood, when you don’t want to be cutting wood because you need to cut wood. Which one are you going with?
When something in your house breaks, you generally need to go find a part to fix it. You go to the store, you find the part, and then you figure out how to take the old, broken part off and put the new shiny one on. Sometimes they fit perfectly like a glove, like they were designed for it. But most times they don’t, either what you have is too old and you are now…