If you’re reading this through social media (or any mainstream media, for that matter) you’re justified in thinking the title is bonkers. That’s because the content nowadays is filled with unrealistically positive pulp designed to force happiness and success down your throat while branding negative thoughts borderline criminal. I’d like to give you a different perspective.
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Are managers useless – is a question everybody had to ask themselves at some point in their careers. It’s a totally valid one given how poorly some of them perform. I asked myself the same thing many times and it turns out that Google did the same. The answer they came up with turns out to be surprising. Let me tell you what it is…
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Imagine you’ve just finished work. You cut through the traffic to get back home or to the gym or wherever you’re going. You get to where you want to and start doing your thing. But as you try to enjoy your off time you realize you can’t. That’s because your mind is racing like a hamster on cocaine running the treadmill to the death.
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I always found video games entertaining if dumbed-down and often unrealistic simulations of our fantasies but also of reality. Despite their shortcomings it often amazes me what we can learn from them. Take Starcraft, for example. In order to win in this probably most popular strategy video game of all times, the players must master micromanagement to perfection. [Continue…]
Leadership is no easy skill to learn. There are however a lot of people who are believed to or are claiming to have mastered that skill. Whether their expert status is deserved or not is unimportant here. This is because sometimes the circumstances are such that even the best of those experts are challenged to the extent and beyond their abilities to lead other people. The type of leadership that can overcome these situations I’d call heroic. [Continue…]
When you have a problem to solve and you’re missing the necessary manpower, resources or information you reach out to your supervisors for help. But instead of delivering what’s missing they pepper you with ridiculous question. Other times they bring up a wall of reasons and excuses for why you won’t get what you need. I bet that after being treated like this for a while you can get pretty inventive with your invectives towards your leaders. Obviously, these situations can be extremely frustrating, counter-productive and thus harmful to any business. On top of that they can lead to animosities between people and create an “us-them” mentality. This in turn can force people to resign (talking from experience here). However, this doesn’t have to be so. We can make this work through a special form of leadership. [Continue…]
How often do you regret not saying something when you know you should? How many opportunities did you miss because of that? Could you have been somewhere else now had you done otherwise? I had my fair share of communication failures. Did you? [Continue…]
Welcome to case study #1. Like all cases found here, this one is based on real events. After you’ve finished reading, you’ll understand why and how taking action in critical moments is paramount in resolving any crisis and turning disaster into victory. [Continue…]
Since the Leaderborn blog has just lifted off, let’s talk about new people joining companies. By the end of this post you will know how to properly deal with green recruits in order to turn them into productive titans quickly. You will also have an understanding of the consequences of neglecting thorough induction procedures. Let’s dive in. [Continue…]