Author and presenter Alain de Botton said, “There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.” Business executive Jack Welch also said, “There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” And Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said, “So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.” [Read more…] about Can’t Find Work-Life Balance? You’re Not Alone.
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Think of Your Organization as a Complex System
Axiom: Every system is perfectly designed to generate the results you’re getting. If you want different results, you must change the system. [Read more…] about Think of Your Organization as a Complex System
Your Team Needs to Think
One of your top responsibilities as a leader is to have people think for themselves. Removing obstacles for employees yourself only goes so far. So before telling people what to do next time, try asking them more questions. Voltaire said, “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” and his words most definitely apply to leaders. Asking great questions forces your team to think about coming up with better solutions, rather than forcing you to feed your team answers all the time. And the more people thinking about solutions, while having a common goal in mind, the better off you and your team are.
One of your top responsibilities as a leader is to have people think for themselves. Share on XAsk great questions, get better results.