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If creativity is nothing more than connecting dots, then, as a leader, shouldn’t you have as many dots as possible available to you? Then here’s a tip: apply this principle to your team as well.
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I remember my first performance appraisal. This was back in the days when companies still made this an annual event. (Some companies are still back in those days.) It went something like this:
BOSS: Here’s the stuff you’re good at. [reads small list]
ME: Thank you.
BOSS: Here’s the stuff you suck at. [reads much longer list]
ME: Um…okay.
BOSS: So for the next year, I need you to focus most of your energy on ...
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Do you, as a leader, want to get the best thinking from your team? Then you need to start incorporating this simple technique into your team meetings.
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As a leader, have you ever thought, “I wish my team were smarter?” (And, if so, hopefully you only thought it!) Well, it turns out there’s a way to increase the overall intelligence of your team—and it’s a way that many leaders unconsciously ignore.
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Leaders often find themselves asking, “Why is my team so resistant to change?” It turns out there’s actually a very good reason!
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If you lead a creative team, you might be surprised to learn that a big part of your job is not covered in your job description.
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Those of you who are familiar with the magnificent physical specimen that I have become will find this difficult to believe, but in high school I was a band geek. That’s right. Conestoga Valley High School, marching band, drum section. While the cool guys were running up and down the field getting touchdowns and girls, I was marching up and down the field in spats. Envious, aren’t you?
So being one of the drummers in the marching band was not exactly ...
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If, as a leader, you find that you’re always the smartest person in the room…you need to hire better people!
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I’ll always remember the first time I met Jay Leno. It was around 1986, and I was the executive producer of Seattle’s legendary comedy TV show Almost Live! Jay was coming into town for some corporate event, and he had agreed to do a guest spot on our show. We’d arranged to pick Jay up at the airport, so at the appointed time I, along with our show host Ross Shafer (who already knew Jay), and a pre-“Science Guy” Bill ...
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Can you be both the leader of, and an equal member of, a work team?
How?
For those of you who are scratching your heads and saying, “What the hell is he talking about?” let me explain.
For 15 years I was the executive producer of a sketch comedy TV show called Almost Live! But for those same 15 years, I was also one of the ...