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
Leadsticks is my new leadership zine and your new issue is out now. Read the digital edition here. Subscribe here. Join the print edition waitlist here. We don't like to waste our time and we want great results indeed. That's why we plug & play OKRs
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 "
"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." Today we have resilience pro-tips from a leader I've learned a ton from. Meet Ed Wisniowski, a software development veteran and
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
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
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
"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.
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.
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
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
"Start with basic principles, go slow and build" — Seth Godin If you want to jumpstart a regular writing practice, follow these steps to increase your odds at being consistent. Set Up 1. Find an anchor moment—an existing routine where you can tie your new practice as easy
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Whether you completed every item on your backlog or didn't quite make it to the awesome leadership land, I bet you can look back on your 2024 with pride. You showed up, inspired a person or two, and laughed at yourself when you did the exact opposite of
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I just read a short post about helpfulness as an amplifier. It was written by Josh Spector, a very generous content strategist that I'm a fan of. According to Josh, it pays to be helpful. I agree 100% (and I bet you do as well!) However, it'
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These 2 are my favorite questions when it comes to making up my mind. I memorised the 1st one about 8 years ago. This is my tactical one that helps me clarify what to do next as the day progress: Question 1 What's the most important thing I
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Leadsticks is my new leadership zine and your new issue is out now. Read the digital edition here. Subscribe here. Join the print edition waitlist here. Be mindful before giving unsolicited feedback, especially, when you're dying to tell people they were wrong AND you have the key to
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In part 1 we kicked harder than slide decks. In part 2, we’ll defy the notion of “vision” and trade fortune telling for succeeding in the now; all this under 3 minutes. Enjoy! HABIT #2: HACK VISION “Be a visionary” or so they say… We’ve been persuaded to
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Are you in the middle of a career transition? I've made this mixtape for you based on my personal taste and on what I recommend to close friends 🤟. Here you'll find quality over quantity and a range from the subtle to the practical. Rock on! 💡I
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Leadsticks is my new leadership zine and your new issue is out now. Read the digital edition here. Subscribe here. Join the print edition waitlist here. The other day, at my day-job, I learned that it takes way more time to complete an internal coaching program we provide. Our hypothesis
Companies who "transform" with Agile–but now ditch Agile–didn't transform at all. They just: * Signed up for a multi-year-gym-membership plan. * Didn't show up to the gym to work out.* * Didn't observe results while staring at the mirror–of course! * Cancelled the
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Forget complicated models. This 1-min to read ⚡️Pro-tip will help you show others how awesome leadership looks like. Read on to dive in the scary world of walking the talk–our habit #1. WHY [👟 the 💬] MATTERS: Your habits punch harder than PowerPoints because they... * Signal to others what's
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I have used it for years. It has helped me decide what to do next. I have recommended it countless times; taught strategy, product, and technology teams how to apply it. Heck, this was my go to prioritisation trick! But a couple of months ago, I noticed something. An obvious