High-performing teams get rewarded with more:
More projects, more customers, more problems.
Tip: Do less work better.
Regularly ask, What work can I:
-> Eliminate?
-> Automate?
-> Streamline?
-> Delegate?
Great leaders are ruthless optimizers.
I asked 350+ managers to share their biggest mistakes.
These 7 mistakes came up over and over.
Here's how you can avoid them:
High-performing teams get rewarded with more:
More projects, more customers, more problems.
Tip: Do less work better.
Regularly ask, What work can I:
-> Eliminate?
-> Automate?
-> Streamline?
-> Delegate?
Great leaders are ruthless optimizers.
Don't let anyone fool you: Managing well is work.
You can't thrive as a manager until you find joy in succeeding through others.
Tip: Change what you VALUE:
They do the work. They get the credit.
You can be known for letting stars shine.
People change of their own accord. Yet you keep telling them how to be better.
Tip: Use open-ended questions.
-> Casual: How do you think it's going?
-> Diagnostic: What are you optimizing for?
Help them find your insight on their own.
As a manager, your number 1 job is to size up problems others miss.
Your boss is too distant. Your employees are inexperienced.
Tip: Catch 98% of the problems w/ 3 filters:
- Key business metrics
- Customer surveys
- Talking to your people
Management hits you all at once.
-> The TYPE of work elevates.
-> The BREADTH of work grows wider.
-> The VALUE shifts from you to them.
Your to-do list isn't going to cut it.
Tip: Steal my codified management playbook
https://t.co/xN5LARjpDn
Wonder why people love coaches and resent managers?
Coaches help their players achieve their goals.
Your team will not own what they didn't create.
Tip: Co-author the plan
-> Give them the pen
-> You edit & promote
Value >> Credit
Some managers are too quick to write off underperforming employees.
The same managers are usually too slow in dealing with a toxic one.
Strong performance is seductive.
Tip: Culture >> Outcomes
Remove the cancer, and your team will rally.
Great leaders learn from the mistakes of others.
Avoid these 7 mistakes to get ahead of 90% of your peers.
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I asked 350+ managers to share their biggest mistakes.
— Dave Kline (@dklineii) August 24, 2022
These 7 mistakes came up over and over.
Here's how you can avoid them:
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