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Field Guide for Awesome Leaders
Introducing LEADSTICKS' PLAYBOOK: Simple yet effective practices for different successful leaders like you. Download the latest version below:
Alberto C. Blanco
Outcome consultant. I help human-centered leaders achieve a practical transformation that brings them better results than before.
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Let's work on what you deem important
Last week I nudged you to take your time to craft your OKRs, so you could make the most of this acronym. Also, I promised you a way to hack dogma. In other words, I promised you wouldn't need to read the "manual" in order to
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OKRs are frustrating but not mandatory
We don't like to waste our time and we want great results indeed. That's why we plug & play OKRs as soon as we get familiar with the acronym. O = Objective = what do we want to achieve KR = Key Result = how we know we've
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6 Ways to Avoid Mentoring Fright
To mentor someone can be daunting, more so when your mentee happens to be an experienced and laureate leader. Multiply your number of mentees by 15, add 45 minutes as your timebox, and consider the ever existing temptation of people multitasking during remote meetings, and you'll get "
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I Asked Ed Wisniowski to Boost Your Resilience Today!
"Resilience is NOT about heroic postures or phony displays of machismo; it is about suffering failure, humiliation, and disappointment and having the strength to persist." Ed's interview is part of Leadsticks Zine Issue One. Learn more. Today we have resilience pro-tips from a leader I'
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Agile Is Not For Every Leader
I don't believe Agile is dead. Here's why: There are companies out there, who thrive because they have embraced it. It's not because they wrote down stickies on a wall faster than the competition. It's because they have got it. They understood
Do This to Stay Sharp
Write a little something on a regular basis. It doesn't need to be good. It doesn't need to be published. It's for you, to clear your head, to refine your voice, to let go. Do that and you'll start to notice positive
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Jobs to Be Done Types
Story time: A colleague of mine asked me for some Jobs-to-be-Done type definitions. You know, the classic functional, social, and emotional types. I thought a quick Internet search would suffice, but no. I didn't find something concrete. With little patience, and thinking I may have lost my search
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What Andy Brown Recommends You to Read
"Connect, Multipliers, Productivity Ninja, and Who Moved My Cheese..." Andy Brown is an award-winning advisor. He provides coaching to leaders in people-based businesses, enabling them to make better decisions more quickly. I asked Andy for 4 books he can specifically recommend to you, dear reader and awesome leader.
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Leadsticks Zine Issue 1
Introducing Leadsticks Zine One. In this first issue you will reinvent your relationship with failure so you can become the true leader you want to be.
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This Reminds Me to Stay Sharp
The sword is the mind When the mind is right, the sword is right. When the mind is not right, the sword is also not right. He who wishes to study the sword, must first study his mind. This poem, written by Toranosuke Shimada, is one of the few I
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How a Simple Writing Practice Looks Like
After I open my laptop, I write a bit. In the morning, right after I open my laptop, I go to my Obsidian app. In there, I open a "today's daily note" and write down my thoughts. Sometimes, I spend a minute and write a sentence