Leadership
Five characteristics of resilient teams
A resilient team embraces change and doesn’t fear turnover. Here are five characteristics of highly resilient teams.
Resilience
How not to give up (and how to give up on purpose)
Here are three steps you can do when starting out that will help you not give up when the going gets tough and every little problem seems to be insurmountable.
Conflict
Three ways to maintain your poise when you’ve run out of patience
Crisis brings out the worst in people. If you’re trying to solve someone’s problem, here are three ways to maintain your poise even when it seems like they’re working against you.
Resilience
Improve effectiveness by tidying up
Tidying up your mental space is as important as tidying up your physical space for good concentration. Here are five ways to do it.
Life
Fitting it all in two cars
Nothing is permanent. So how do you decide what to take with you when life sends you in another direction?
Communication
Good writing: don’t bubblewrap truth
The truth is the truth. Good writing doesn’t cover it in bubblewrap like corporate-speak, diplomatic platitudes, or complex sentences.
Courage
Don’t throw out the lightbulb just because it showed you an uncomfortable truth
Don’t throw away the light bulb because it showed you an uncomfortable truth. Transparency doesn’t build trust. Transparency creates awareness; actions build trust.
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Decisions
How not to jump to conclusions: ask what else could be true
To avoid making rash decisions on incomplete information, it’s important to pause and ask yourself what else could be true.
Decisions
Don’t throw away your umbrella in a rainstorm
Don’t be the type of person who throws out their umbrella in a rainstorm because they stopped getting wet. And don’t put that type of person in leadership.