The thorn in your side
As a kid, I remember eating peanut butter and honey sandwiches watching my mom dig and prune in her garden in Pleasantville. Then came the Jersey years, when you could tell what kind of day she had at school when her response to, “How was your day?” was, “I’ll be in...
Asking again and again to make sure you’re headed in the right direction
This week’s tale is inspired by the roosters in Puerto Rico where we were on vacay a few weeks ago. I’ve got a thing about roosters. It’s not a good thing. My time in the Peace Corps in Panamá taught me many valuable lessons, one of which was that children’s books...
What Do YOU Think Should Happen? Letting Your Team Decide Their Fate
It was the same scene every morning he was supposed to work. Rolling in 20-30 minutes late. Frustrating the team. Getting me stressed wondering if he was going to show. Running in with apologies and it-won’t-happen-agains and other empty nonsense. He’d been written...
Curious Question Round One: Your Control vs. Their Control
Happy Thursday! Today we’re shaking things up a bit in the newsletter world. I’ve taken to asking the teams I work with to write down a curious question at the end of our time together. This idea was inspired by Chad Littlefield, a master of connnection himself. As...
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