Better Leaders. Better Results.
How do you cut to the chase? How do you clear the air of ambiguity and get to facts? Ask cutting questions. My manager, Per , doesn’t ask a lot of questions. He asks the right ones. Here are some examples: Who’s on board? Who are five customers that stand behind you? Next steps? What …
“Optimize for your North Star metric. Don’t optimize for something that doesn’t make the customer happy.” — Evan Williams, Co-founder of Twitter and Medium. What are you optimizing for? As a high-performance coach at Microsoft for several years, I’ve worked with countless individuals and teams who were striving to achieve their best. One of the …
There’s a quote in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: ”Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” It’s true. Satya gets it. Sayta reminds us to individually think about our broader impact, our deeper meaning, and the significance of everything we do, even the little …
Stephen Covey was a masterful storyteller. His simple stories were insightful, inspirational, and actionable. One of my favorite stories from Stephen Covery is his story about the big rocks in life. Here is the story of the big rocks in life: One day this expert was speaking to a group of business students and, to …
Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is one of the greatest books on personal development. Why? Because it provides a firm foundation for personal effectiveness. Even better, it provides habits and skills you can build to realize your full potential. The 7 Habits Here are the 7 habits of highly effective …
