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Intrinsic Motivation, Or the Inherent Joy of Doing “Make the right things easy and the wrong things hard to do.” – Kathy Sierra In this Wisdom for Work episode, my colleagues Jen Cody, Chris VandenBrink, Jim Marsden, and…
The Exit Strategy: How to Fire an Employee “The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.” – Tom Peters If you’re a leader, there are few things that can ruin your day more than needing…
Passing the Ball “Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it…Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the…
Taking Into Account “Exhibiting accountability over time is a gateway to trust. When we see someone acting with accountability, we gain the evidence we need to trust them.” – Mike Erwin and Willys…
Driving Forward vs. Fully Acknowledging What’s Here “Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” – Patrick Lencioni Of the many questions I get from clients…
What Are You Modeling? “One of the most important unspoken unnamed parts of being a leader is modeling.” – Jerry Colonna Leaders arrive at a certain point in their company’s trajectory wondering not only…
Tickers “My wish is that employers start to put people first.” – Jerry Colonna Today’s Operators Manual mini-sode talks about the “Great Resignation” — that phenomenon in which folks don’t want…
How Are You Leading? “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu Today’s Operators…
The Right Questions “The important and difficult job is never to find the right answer; it is to find the right question.” – Peter Drucker We’ve been sitting on a new series of…
Facing The Challenges of Virtual Teams: 10 Skills for Managing Remote Organizations Successfully Managing a remote team successfully requires an attunement to what matters most in communication: understanding the human or humans in front of you. If you can connect with humans face…

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