Leadership
Leaders don’t always know what they think they know
With the “illusion of knowledge,” people feel they understand things they actually have little knowledge of. This destroys good decision making by leaders.
Leadership
Great leaders embrace healthy tension
Great leaders don’t fear tension or conflict. They understand the difference between healthy tension and destructive conflict, and they harness its energy in positive ways. Healthy tension exists in that place where you’re pushing the envelope while keeping control. It can exist when one or more positive things may conflict Read more
Leadership
Fix your leadership, not your employees
There’s apparently been a spike in employees taking mental health leave. I can believe it. Work culture has gotten more and more toxic and dehumanizing over the past decade. I’ve experienced it myself, and I’ve heard plenty of anecdotal evidence from the hundreds of clients I’ve coached over the past Read more
Leadership
How the nuance loop kills problem-solving
A nuance loop is when people argue about some irrelevant nuance instead of taking productive action. Here are five ways nuance loops form.
Courage
Leading with purpose—podcast interview
Leading with purpose is a key topic in Peter’s podcast appearance on the Beyond Your Why podcast. Listen here.
Leadership
People follow the leader. Act like one.
Data shows that employees will follow the leader’s action no matter what the leader says. Leaders who don’t get this end up frustrated.
Leadership
Easy is not always quick: leave time for watering the goats
Watering the goats is easy, but it takes far longer than you expect. Always account for how long the “easy” tasks are really going to take.
Decisions
Create an action plan because intention has a half-life
You always need an action plan because intention and inspiration have a half-life. An intention means nothing if you don’t follow through on it. An action plan is how you follow through. On Sunday, I helped the attendees at the San Francisco Writers Conference create their action plan after four Read more
Courage
There is no bad weather, only bad clothing
There is no bad weather. Only bad clothing. This is a useful metaphor for most of life, and something to remember on this Election Day.
Communication
They won’t remember anything before the “but”
The “oreo” method of feedback only works when there’s trust. Otherwise, people will discard anything you say before the “but.”