A few excerpts from Novel & Routine, my newsletter on work, career, leadership, and management.
Obstacles and opportunities
Be the first to spot that opportunities are often disguised in obstacles.
The unbearable lightness of being (a manager)
Many of us learned how to do the people management of our jobs by watching other people succeed or stumble. What does it really mean to be an effective people manager?
When leaders have a bad day
Leaders have bad days, too. Their influence on other people and the business during those moments is perhaps even more powerful than on a good or neutral day, and how we choose to show up and manage them can have a ripple effect across teams as well as the business. How do you manage yours?
Change agent’s dilemma
Change agents everywhere: embrace the role you've been cast into, from day one. And ask for help. Anyone who tells you asking for help makes you look weak doesn't understand the power of this strategy.