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Letter to a Frustrated Founder (and the people surviving them) action advice clarity confidence culture design destination ethos growth leadership mindset people strategy struggle team Sep 27, 2023

The ideas explored in this article give you a glimpse at my upcoming book, Renegades: Break Rules, Find Freedom (A Book for Founders).

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Combatting the 5 Dysfunctions of Teams culture leadership team Mar 23, 2023

If we work with people, we will run into people problems.

If we keep running into dysfunctional dynamics, but we never ask what we might be...

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99 Of 261: Can I Be Radically Candid With You? 261 advice culture people reminder team Dec 22, 2022


Reminder: If your team isn't healthy, your business isn't as healthy as it could be.

A report from the MIT Sloan Management Review says,...

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97 Of 261: Do I Have Your Attention? 261 meetings question team Dec 22, 2022


Here's a question you can ask you team members in your upcoming one-on-one's. 

Give plenty of time and your full attention for this one.

Do you...

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94 Of 261: ZERO Monkeys 261 leadership lesson reminder team Dec 22, 2022


You are a remarkably capable leader. Being capable is awesome. It's usually how people like us end up in leadership roles. 

But, being a...

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92 Of 261: I Can't See Everything 261 advice meetings people question team Dec 22, 2022

 

When you have your next one-on-one meetings with your direct reports, ask them this question:

What am I not seeing?

You might get an answer...

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83 Of 261: Ask Them 261 people question team Dec 22, 2022

 

Ask your team members this question—

If you had one more workday a week, what would you designate it for?

At face-value they're telling...

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79 Of 261: Hack Brand Awareness 261 advice brand culture team Dec 22, 2022

 

Your brand is 10% what you say it is 20% what other people tell you it is 70% how you show up and stand out.

Hack 99% of this equation when...

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76 Of 261: Ask Them 261 people question team Dec 22, 2022

 

Question to ask your team members today in your one-on-one's.

What do we need more of in this business?

What do we need less of?

Listen for...

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73 Of 261: Ask Them… 261 people question team Dec 22, 2022


Ask your team these questions and it will tell you how long they'll be working with you...

  1. Do you like the people you work with?
  2. Do you feel...
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68 Of 261: Bad Advice You’ve Believed For A Long Time 261 advice team Dec 22, 2022


I bet you've said this before when someone you lead or care about encounters a setback or failure.

"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps."

Did you...

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90 Of 261: Just Don’t Tolerate It 261 advice culture people team Nov 30, 2022

 

My long-time business coach, John Richie, says, "Your culture is what you tolerate at the fringes."

The fringes are anything you put up with...

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