
general notes on leadership
- Inspire, inspire, inspire
- Get off your high horse — you’re not special
- Don’t waste time
- Want to be there
- Be aware of why others are there
- Consider the other perspective
- Find everyone’s genius and lean into it
- Defer credit — reward the team, not yourself
- Express empathy and Authenticity
- Have some ( or a lot) of understanding of what is going on
- Set the standard
- Make it fun and meaningful in some way
- Keep your distance — Don’t be too chummy
- Be very friendly, or scary, they’re both needed
- Create a safe space
- Take the hard job & Be the first to meet the problem
- Call for those that know more than you
- Provide agency when you can
- Know when to stop
- Don’t sit — Don’t be inactive
- Don’t whine, complain, or lose your cool
- Consider your thought before speaking
- Give the benefit of the doubt…until there is no doubt
- Don’t hesitate
- Sometimes you will be the only one to do the task — so do it
- Read the room
- Delegate, but have your hand in everything
- Accommodate, but don’t compromise
- Take care of those that do your work
- There is no calling out
- Be the advocate
- Create the structure, process, workflow — and uphold it
- Set expectations
- Eliminate vague spaces, be despotic with what can be done
- Treat everyone as individuals and their opinions as important
- Be an ear, if only for venting
- Set Reminders, plan ahead
- Be early, be ready ahead of time
- Don’t get agitated
- KNow the rules so you know when to ignore them
- Voice your opinion — you speak for others
- Be the conduit of information
- Create cohesion and maintain it
- Remove elements of discord
- Run validation scenarios — anticipate the unlikely
- Do the Work — don’t cut corners