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Reflections on Leadership Don’t Bring Me Problems Without Solutions The phrase I wish leaders would stop saying. Leadership Drift This Week Don’t Bring Me Problems Without Solutions I've heard some version of “Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions” for most of my working life. I'm sure I've said it myself more times than I'd like to admit. And I understand the impulse. Leaders don't want to become the organizational dumping ground for every complaint, inconvenience, disagreement, or...
Resources Essay Recap Did you know you can get a conversational recap of the latest Reflections on Leadership essay via YouTube? It's a more off-the-cuff, unrehearsed 7-10 minute take on the weekly essay. Who Says You're Ready to Lead? When Feelings Start Making Leadership Decisions Accountability isn't a Threat Leadership Shouldn't Require People to Guess Leadership Is Discovered, Not Declared Podcast Or you can listen to the Reflections on Leadership Podcast on your platform of choice. 404....
Reflections on Leadership Who Says You’re Ready to Lead? Leadership Drift This Week Who Says You’re Ready to Lead? I recently saw a post about the signs that you’re not ready to lead (yet). It offered a familiar list of skills aspiring leaders should develop: making decisions with incomplete information, accepting and giving difficult feedback, delegating, managing conflict, and overcoming the need for approval. Most of the advice was reasonable, but I disliked the underlying premise. Who...