Book Time

Category: Leadership

  • Friday Post! Take a Break.

    Friday Post! Take a Break.

    It’s Friday! What are you doing this weekend? Taking some time to rest, or intending to work through because you can get just that little bit further ahead?

    Any human on the planet can work incredibly hard and be protected from burn out so long as

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  • Increase Performance…Intentionally

    Increase Performance…Intentionally

    There’s a common complaint i’ve heard about moving the needle on a person. If it’s unintentionally done, then I can see how this would be terrible for moral and

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  • We all need a time to downshift.

    We all need a time to downshift.

    Rest is good. If you haven’t planned any for the year, we’re 2/3’s of the way through.
    -Go to your calendar now.
    -Look 4 weeks out.
    -Book it.

    There will be excuses as to why that can’t happen. They’re excuses. Be as ruthless with your rest as you are with your work.

    I’ll catch you all next week.

  • How can I help?

    How can I help?

    Take a breath. Ask “how can I help?” when your stuck not knowing how to give good feedback.

    This is a pomodoro timer that my wife gave me a few years back. It’s great for a lot of productivity hacks. One being, what to do when you need to

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  • Say it, or don’t?

    Say it, or don’t?

    The litmus test for knowing what to say and not to say when giving feedback is not “Is it honest?” but rather “Is it helpful?”

  • Every strength has a back edge

    Every strength has a back edge

    I can operate quickly, but that also can make me impatient. I have a trick for mitigating being impatient in meetings.

    Several years ago I realized about halfway through a meeting (e.g. 30 minutes into an hour long meeting), I would begin to

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  • Everything has a transaction cost.

    Any time we add speed and flexibility there is a simultaneous introduction of new fragility. When we think we’re safe do to all our advancements, it’s helpful to keep this in mind.

  • Leaving your bad taste doesn’t help others

    Leaving your bad taste doesn’t help others

    A few businesses ago I had an interaction with someone who was new to an organization. They had joined to replace another person that exited (who I also happened to know). One of the things that came up in the conversation was a specific vendor. In this instance I happened to also know the vendor and

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  • Make Vendors Partners, For Your Sake

    Make Vendors Partners, For Your Sake

    How do you communicate with your vendors?

    A few years ago I had a new account manager from a vendor call me. Initially he called because he didn’t have my email address. SMH. How do you not have my email address in your system? I didn’t want to give him the time of day. Especially after that. At one point I told him “If you guys didn’t have the best product on the market for this, I would have kicked you to the curb a long time ago.”

    What happened next?

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  • Good Counsel

    “For Lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.” -Proverbs 11:14

    I wrote something a few weeks ago and at the

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