Week 7, 2018 - On link collections, focus, curiosity - and more

Sunday, February 11th, 2018

Originally, I started this blog as a way, in which I could conveniently store links to inspiring articles and blog posts. I still enjoy using it for this purpose - just as I enjoy other inspiring link collections from other people. A good example is the list maintained by Ellen Snyder and The Lead Change Group. The most recent installment is the February 2018 Leadership Development Carnival, in which I had the additional pleasure of finding a number of good links to texts by good friends of this blog and me.

Monday, February 12th, 2018

Once you get appointed to a position as a leader - regardless whether it is a CEO or a team leader - you are in a position where one of your primary duties is to inspire the people you lead. And you will realise that there is a world of difference between showing up and shoing up in a way that inspires the team. Don't just show up. Show up in a way that ignites and inspires! Dan Rockwell who has wriitten well about showing up before, offers advice again in his text How to show up in ways that ignite high performance in others.

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Last week, I had the opportunity to write about avoiding multitasking - but we have to admit that from time to time, we have to do more things at the same time. When this happens, there is good inspiration to get from How to Stay Focused If You’re Assigned to Multiple Projects at Once by Heidi Gardner and Mark Mortensen. 

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

Some people do not like curiosity, as it comes in a negative flavour in the form of prying. But I'm all in favour of what I like to call constructive curiosity, and I was very happy to find the same spirit in LaRae Quy's text 4 Reasons Why Curiosity Is Critical To Your Success. We can never get too much constructive, positive curiosity.

Thursday, February 15th, 2018

Not only one, but two of my good friends, Julie Winkle Giulioni and Ronni Hendel-Giller, are the authors behind my Thursday read, The Age of the Uncertain Leader. In times, where more and more people accuse each other of spreading fake news, and people appear certain about things they know little about, it is more necessary than ever to embrace our uncertainty. To know where we need to know more to be certain - and to be so much more trustworthy, when we express our certainty.

Friday, February 16th, 2018

In a way, you could call this cheating - as it was originally Thursday I found this article in my dear friend Wendy Woolfork's Twitter-feed. But I did not get around to reading it in detail until Friday. The terms "behavioural economics" and "choice architecture" fascinates me - and Geoff Donaker and Michael Luca has made an interesting read on these topics with their Why COOs Should Think Like Behavioral Economists.

Saturday, February 17th, 2018

I conclude a great reading week with a post by another of my dear Twitter friends, Janice Kobelsky, who touches upon one of my favourite topics - communication, and particularly, I enjoy the focus Janice puts on listening in her text Magnetic Messaging: How Leaders Communicate. As she writes: "First, we must learn to listen and then 'message' in a person-centred way. Then, we must also get better at helping others communicate with and listen to us." I couldn't agree more.

Thus, we reach the end of another week, and once more, I hope the above has been able to inspire you in your reading. Just like I hope that you will join for seven new things next week.