Roles: Team Dysfunction, Basketball Superstars, and What This Means for You
I can’t throw a rock without hitting some comment about a basketball star being responsible for all the success of teams with no other big name players. I literally heard it last night on some sports broadcast or another. I can’t recall who they were...
Work Your Environment
If you follow my personal account on Facebook, you know that, every Thursday, I take an extended work lunch at my local El Cholo restaurant. (El Cholo is a fantastic, authentic, historic, family-owned micro-chain of Mexican restaurants that exists only in the Los...Every Responsibility is a Role
There’s no way to sugarcoat this, but everything of any importance you do is fulfilling a role. You need to take ownership of a project. You now have a role to fulfill as the owner of that project. You’ve been promoted to leadership of a team. You now have...
This–Listen to Adam Grant’s podcast on This
Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist who just launched a TED-sponsored podcast…and I gotta tell ya’, it’s great. I’m especially excited about this episode, Faking Your Emotions at Work, because it touches so directly on what I talk and...Overcoming the Inability to Take Action
Stopping yourself from taking action on something you know you should do is the biggest killer of potential. It’s not lack of motivation. It’s not mistakes. It’s knowing in your gut you should do something, and not doing it. Nearly all people not...
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