Complex Ideas For A Competent You
One holiday week behind and one stomach bug out of my system, I am coming back to this blog to share with you, Dear Reader, the final series of deep dives for this year—we are going to look into Start With Why by Simon Sinek. Much in the spirit of this book, I will start,… Continue reading Introducing “Start With Why”: Why Is Your Why So Important?
This is my short and sweet review of Chief of Staff by Tyler Parris. But as usual (even more than usual, to be honest), this review will have an inquisitive edge to it. All because my first deep dive into this book went somewhat viral on LinkedIn and the second one quite underperformed. I drew… Continue reading Book Review: “Chief Of Staff: The Strategic Partner Who Will Revolutionize Your Organization”
Today we are shifting from the role to the person filling it. And this shift comes with a twist that I was quite amused by when picking examples of unsuccessful chiefs of staff. What competencies, character, and mindset should possess someone required to act as a filter, funnel, bridge, and gap filler? What helps him… Continue reading “Chief Of Staff” Deep Dive: The Person To Solve It All
This article will be about management and strategy. I must say this upfront because, for my readers who aren't planning to get a chief of staff or become one, the book title Chief of Staff: The Strategic Partner Who Will Revolutionize Your Organization wouldn't seem to be of much interest. But if you have been… Continue reading Introducing “Chief Of Staff”: How The Chief Of Staff Role Reflects The Core Shift In Management And Leadership
In the last section of Hidden Potential, Adam Grant looks at the systems we can create to open doors for people with hidden potential—in other words, for all of us. He starts with the schools, taking inspiration in Finland—the country with one of the best education systems in the world known for creating opportunity for all kids, not just the ones who manage to demonstrate their talents early on. But since this is a business blog, today we will dive deeper into team management and recruiting.
Progress is not only reflected in the peaks you reach — it's also visible in the valleys you cross. Resilience is a form of growth." This article is a deep dive into what Adam Grant in his Hidden Potential calls "structures for motivation" — a "scaffolding" system that will help you to get unstuck and… Continue reading “Hidden Potential” Deep Dive: Are You Ready To Cross The Valley?
Alison Gopnik, one of the leading researchers in developmental psychology, introduced a "lantern consciousness" metaphor to describe how children learn. Babies take in their surroundings all at once, like "a lantern casting light in all directions." As adults, we have "spotlight consciousness" - we focus on the activity at hand and direct our light only… Continue reading Concluding “Time Off”: Be A Lantern
Most of the reviews I read about Time Off: A Practical Guide To Building Your Rest Ethic And Finding Success Without The Stress claimed that this book was about rest ethic. I don't agree with that - at least not entirely. I think Time Off is about rest ethic as much as it is about… Continue reading “Time Off” Deep Dive: How Long Do You Let Your Ideas To Incubate?
In the previous deep-dive article, we explored the prescriptive schools of strategy making (aka this-is-how-you-should-do-it schools). With this article, we are diving into an exciting world of the descriptive schools (aka this-is-how-you-are-actually-doing-it schools). The Entrepreneurial School: "Enter The Elephant's Rider!" If you recall my very first article on Strategy Safari, the authors compared strategy to… Continue reading “Strategy Safari” Deep Dive: How Accurate Is Your “Big Picture”?
I am traveling this week and didn't manage to finish my next deep-dive on Strategy Safari in time for the blog publication. But don't you worry, dear Reader, I have something for you this week that will sweeten the wait and my poor blog management skills (it's a learning curve). 2 Articles 2 Read Henry… Continue reading Quick Break: 2 articles & 2 videos on leadership, management, and authenticity
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