My (mostly) weekly thoughts on leadership, high performance, wellbeing and more.
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Being perpetually interruptible is not high performance
If your day gets filled by whatever arrives first, loudest or most recently, other people’s urgency or inefficiency become your operating model. That’s not high performance.
Are you even solving the right problem?
A very strong theme that comes through from almost every senior leader I work with is the desire to spend more time on thinking creatively and strategically. Here’s a simple set of triage questions that can be surprisingly powerful in helping you prioritise in the moment.
Don’t drive into the lake
Leadership means knowing when to follow the plan and when to look up, reassess, and trust your own view of the road ahead.
Senior executive leadership: 3 traps, and how to avoid them
I’ve noticed three clear themes in the challenges talented leaders face as they approach their first senior executive role.
Here are the red flags to look out for, and what to do about them.
Tips for making difficult decisions as a senior leader
Making difficult decisions as a leader is one of the most challenging aspects of the job. Here’s 5 steps to follow that can help.