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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

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