When you think about your team, do you recognize you’ll only go as far and as fast as the sum of all? It isn’t about any one of you, it’s about the collective. The intangible, connective tissue that bonds the team and makes those overlaps and gaps between you irrelevant. It’s about finding resources, accelerating what can be done and…
Time to think. Henry Ford said, “thinking is the hardest work you’ll ever do, that’s why so few people do it.” For years, I worked hard to justify time spent doing little to nothing. It felt like a waste. After all, I’m a productive, doer. How could I spend time doing nothing if I hadn’t earned it? This is a…
“If you’re your own worst enemy, you don’t need any others.” Dan Sullivan When I consider the days I’ve ruminated on what I’ve done wrong, how I am wrong, what I could’ve or should’ve done, it’s a vast amount of time. Add to it the judgment of my body, hair, behavior, or anything else about my physical being, it’s a…
Structure frees creativity and structure creates freedom. I’d like to say I’m smarter than my dog, but some days I wonder. When we moved four years ago, our bulldog, Spanky was lost. He struggled for a few weeks with the new location, routine, and loss of what he formerly relied upon to navigate his days and the familiar environment. He…
I gave up email July 1, 2022. If you’re playing along, you know this. It’s been so positively freeing it’s hard to describe. You can see my autoresponder here: sue@sayyess.com if you’re interested. I’m sharing this as I’ve received texts and calls, social media shout outs and personal appreciation for having done this. I’ve been bolstered on and am grateful…
Travel is still challenging these days. If you’ve been going East, you can feel every word of that statement. And yet, travel is improving daily to the point of feeling how it was pre-pandemic. Fingers crossed; the winter is coming! When I know I’m on the road, no matter the length of the trip, because I’ve flown a decent amount,…
Questions are a leader’s most powerful tool. When you lead well, you learn to ask more than tell. There’s a distinction between teaching and leading. For the team, they can become blurred when the leader blurs those lines. Teaching means showing, telling, correcting, learning, and generating. Leading is involved, but the outcome is clear: transition competencies and accountability. For many…
It’s amazing to witness someone emerging into their greatness….and it’s even better when they are related to you. Seeing people embrace beautiful, powerful aspects of themselves that shine through your eyes, previously invisible through their eyes is a gift. As I watch the metamorphosis of my adult children, I’m appreciative of who they are. Perfectly wonderful in their own ways,…
I was learning with Dr. David Cooperrider, the man credited with creating Appreciative Inquiry. It was a rich experience drenched in goodness. I mean, when it’s called appreciative inquiry, what else would it be? Consider flipping your script, asking only forwarding questions, redirecting your language to be positive, appreciative, generative, and abundant. It’s not about denial, fluff or what some…
“The task of leadership is to create alignment of strengths to make a systems’ weaknesses irrelevant.” – Peter Drucker When you think about it, no system is perfect. In fact, all are flawed. Yet, when you think about leadership, alignment is the sum of all talents, thoughts, ambitions, insights, beliefs, and behaviors. Your company can only go as fast and…