Thank you for...

Ask for the help you need

Listening looks like...

Recognize your accomplishments

Let your humanity out

Honest about our limits

Consistency builds trust

How honest are you?

The other sharks

Clarity leads to consistency

Deal with the shark

Trust ... and sharks

Change comes from you

Use the FBI for feedback

Openness in uncertainty

Confidence vs. Ego

Shifting expectations

The problem with prestige

Eliminate the unexpected

Step in to serve

Thinking of ourselves less

Leading consistently

To be honest...

Honesty is human

Look in the mirror

Love and fear

Ask for help

Certainty within uncertainty

Dealing with burnout

Dealing with stress

Stress or burnout?

Our full plates

Cumulative contribution

Pause and recognize

Act on what you hear

How are you?

Human connection

The check in

New Years

Holiday: Part 3

Holiday: Part 2

Holiday: Part 1

Human: Part 4

Human: Part 3

Human: Part 2

Human: Part 1

Humble: Part 4

Humble: Part 3

Humble: Part 2

Humble: Part 1

Honest: Part 5

Honest: Part 4

Tip of the week: Pick an area in your life - could be home, work or anything else. Reflect on where you can improve as an Honest leader. Then commit to taking the first step toward the pursuit of more honest leadership.

Honest: Part 3

Tip of the week: Be more intentional on following through on what you say or commit to with your team. Increase communication to let them know you are making good on what you said you would do. Or, if it’s not gonna happen, communicate quickly with a plan B.

Honest: Part 2

Tip of the week: Think before you say something that relates to what you believe. If you say it, be ready to back it up with action. Put another way, don’t say it if you’re not committed to doing it.

Honest: Part 1

Tip of the week: Take a temperature on your honesty by asking a few close friends or team members how consistent your actions are with your words.

Trust: Part 4

Tip of the week: If there’s a shark in the water that you’d like to have a conversation with, prepare for that conversation by finding common ground. What does that person care about that relates to how you’re feeling? Think about how something you both care about might improve if trust were re-established.

Trust: Part 3

Tip of the week: At the end of each day, take 2 or 3 minutes to reflect on your day. I do this in a journaling app, but do whatever works for you, even if you just do it in your head to begin with. As you review the day, did your actions reflect what you stand for? If not, be aware of it and move on with a commitment to improve tomorrow.

Trust: Part 2

Tip of the week: Review your list from last week of the things that made you uneasy or nervous at work - the things that hinder trust. Circle the ones over which you have some control. That’s where the work begins. And that’s where we’ll pick up next week

Trust: Part 1

Tip of the week: This week at work, notice and write down what makes you uneasy, nervous or what hinders you from feeling trust. What shakes your sense of trust? What happens that metaphorically causes the Jaws theme to pop into your head?

The reason behind dm Weekly

Tip of the week: This week at work, notice and write down what makes you uneasy, nervous or what hinders you from feeling trust. What shakes your sense of trust? What happens that metaphorically causes the Jaws theme to pop into your head?

The FBI

Tip of the week: When you have the opportunity to give feedback, try the FBI. Share how the person’s behavior made you feel and the impact that had on you or the team at large. And remember, the FBI method works for positive and corrective feedback!

Check yourself

Tip of the week: At the end of each day, take 1 minute to review the day. Where did you show up in a good way? Where could you have done better? Is there anything you need to say to anyone to make things right before you go to sleep?

Are you OK?

Tip of the week: Reach out to someone at work once a week (or better, someone different once a day) just to say “Hey, you were on my mind. You doing OK?”