All in Leadership
In Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull makes this statement: “When it comes to creative inspiration, job titles and hierarchy are meaningless.” I have found that if the leader of the group speaks too soon it stifles all conversations, creativity, and limits collaborative intelligence.
Yes, it might be easier to do it yourself or just hand down your plan for execution. But what if you tried something different?
It's not enough to simply tell people what they need to do. That's not developing their potential.
Honestly I hardly ever hear about an organization that has too few meetings, quite the opposite. But too few meetings can be just as harmful as too many.
Meeting with some friends a few weeks ago one of the guys mentioned that he gives himself a pep talk each morning as he walks from his car to the entrance to his office.
The opposite of being surprised at work is open, honest communication and this type of communication encourages support and buy-in.
Mentor, that is what the back of the shirt says. In two areas of my life, I have one of those shirts. One is a real shirt, it's bright yellow and yes the word mentor is on the back. The second shirt is imaginary but..
Here are a list of my favorite blog post for the week of December 9, 2016
The more I work at modeling being encouraging open communication, the more I realize that it is often about not saying a word but listening to what others have to say.
