A Leader’s Job is to Reduce Uncertainty

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A Leader’s Job is to Reduce Uncertainty
[Tweet “Part of a leader’s job—a big part—is to reduce uncertainty.”]Leaders have many jobs within an organization: setting a vision, motivating a team, increasing profit, making the bed (home-based businesses only). But there’s a big one that a lot of leaders miss—and it’s one that I’ve become keenly aware of as I work with more and more leaders whose organizations are undergoing significant change.

One inevitable byproduct of change is uncertainty. Employees become, quite rationally, uncertain about what the change will ...

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Are You Getting the Best From Your Team?

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Are You Getting the Best From Your Team?

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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The Key to Better Team Thinking

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The Key to Better Team Thinking

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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