The biggest challenge for most people when delegating to others is that they don’t trust their subordinates on a fundamental level. The inability to delegate is not a leadership problem, it is actually only a symptom of a larger leadership problem: the absence of trust and confidence. Who is responsible for building that trust? If…
Science follows evidence to support a conclusion; ideology starts with a conclusion and seeks evidence to prove it.
“But they are like family to me!” You hear this phrase or something like it when people speak about their work relationships. Hell, I’ve been guilty of saying it in one form or another. It is sorta sad to think about it, but we often spend more time in the company of our colleagues than…
“Cause of death?” “The heart stopped.” If you are a CSI fan, a fan of the spinoffs, forensic or crime documentaries, or any other show or movie of the genre, you’ve probably watched hundreds of hours of forensic science. You’re practically a coroner! Forget all of the testing, the gruesome details of each case, the…
Sitting in a chair does not make you a leader. (Not even if it is a really nice chair). I struggled for a long time over the difference between being a leader and being a manager. I knew there was an important way to parse the two, but it took me a while to figure…