Mike and Mark are both surprised they haven’t made an episode about this fundamental method to ensure you or your team make a change: the Change Formula. Hat tip to one of our mentors, Greg Tanski, for introducing us to this short, memorable and life-changing tool. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … or interview subjects? Email Mike and Mark.
Does your pursuit of excellence have a purpose?
The warriors in the Iliad … Pa in the Little House stories … and you and me. We all want to improve and excel. But why? There are good ways to answer that question–and some incredibly destructive ones as well. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … or interview subjects? Email Mike and Mark.
Going negative is positive when brainstorming
Most people have heard of brainstorming. But to do it effectively, you need more direction than just “come up with a bunch of ideas.” Mike and Mark discuss the rules you need for effective brainstorming. And they explain the brainstorming hack that exploits the natural wiring in our brains: Introducing negative brainstorming. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … or …
Terrifying tales of leadership fails
In honor of our first Halloween episode, enjoy these TRUE stories of leaders we have seen who made mistakes … and paid the price. … Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … or interview subjects? Email Mike and Mark.
Can you delegate to your busiest team members?
If you are a lone wolf with no direct reports, the last episode revealed how you can “delegate” some of your less important tasks so you can focus on your priorities. But what if you DO have a team … and that team is too busy to receive more tasks delegated from you? There is an answer, and it is …
Lone Wolf Delegation
Are you a lone wolf with no employees to take over your urgent–but less important–tasks? How do you handle time management when there is no-one to delegate to? Mike and Mark have some ideas. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … or interview subjects? Email Mike and Mark. Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … or watch …
How to “yell” at someone
It’s kind of hard to take this CNN headline seriously: For some strange reason, my gut is telling me that if I, say, raped one of my kids, it would be worse for their development than if I, say, yelled at them. But we do need to take verbal abuse seriously. The study was commissioned by a charity called Words …
What do you want from your people? What do you want FOR your people?
A surprise resignation causes Mike to take a client through an exercise that changes everything. If you have valuable team members that you want to keep working with you, “Don’t wait for the funeral!” Suggested resources: The simplest feedback method around Just-in-time feedback: why, what and when Marcus Buckingham on effective feedback Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes … or interview …
For God’s sake, don’t follow your heart
“Don’t give people advice. They just might take it.” I heard this advice (there’s some irony) and immediately thought of some terrible advice we often give in our era: “Follow your heart.” There are variations on this advice. Follow your bliss … you do you … you’ve got to be true to yourself. … The theme seems to be that, …
“Run your race”
He was a little overweight. The rest of the middle-school runners had passed him by. He was mumbling an apology to us cross country spectators as he labored past us–something about why he got a late start. I yelled back encouragement: “Just keep going!” The older, wiser dad standing next to me didn’t yell at all. He calmly, firmly put …