Min Work Max Life

Share yourself; be vulnerable; you are not a robot.  You are not just some manager up on this ladder that everyone must look up to. You are a person and your employees know this, so help them understand that and share yourself.

We are not talking about a cheesy get-to-know-me powerpoint...

To be a leader or a manager, mindset is everything.  If you want this, want it, and don’t be afraid or embarrassed to live this way of life.  Go out there and get it.  This is another way leadership can be learned and practiced.

Think about the last time you bought something...

When running your team think and be like a blob.

You need structure, you need some sort of form, but do not be too rigid.  A lot of managers try to clamp down on their team.  They try to set up full control.  That type of structure tends to break.

(This post lends itself to a lot...

I had a co-worker stop me one day to give his input on a project he was part of.  He was particularly upset with how things were going in reference to the speed at which the project was moving and the technical problems being so difficult.  The project was of unique difficulty and...

Coach or Mentor?  What is the difference and which one is for me?  (Well, you, the reader, not me the author.  I am going to try to help you out with that question.)

Here at Acclaimed Summit, we offer both because both are important.  There is a difference, but both coaching...

Don’t Impress

Being a leader and a manager is about giving up the spotlight to others.

Don't try to impress as a manager.  You have to get comfortable with being overlooked. You have to get comfortable with giving all of the accolades to the folks that are doing all of the hard work.

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New to leadership?  New manager?  If so, you probably want everything to be perfect, right?

You have your new promotion, and finally, you are able to adjust that process that has been bothering you since the beginning of time.  You have been voicing your concerns and offering...

Do you want your team’s buy in?  Do you want your team’s respect?  Here is the secret to obtaining these things as quickly as possible:  Eat your own cooking.

Do not give an order if you are not willing to complete that order yourself.

If you are willing to get your...

So what is the post turtle? The old man says, "When you're driving down a country road and you see a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. You know he didn't get up there by himself; he doesn't belong there; you wonder who put him there; he can't get anything done while...

Do you feel lost?  Do you feel as though you were put in a position of leadership without any support?  Maybe you have support, but something just doesn’t click, and the support you are getting isn’t helping.  This site is built off of those experiences.

From the start...

Eye roll.

Have you ever been given advice and done the old, teenage eye roll? Ever have the eye roll done to you, while offering advice?

Yep.

Here is a trick to eliminate that from happening in the future. A/B test our advice first.

The first thing we should do before giving advice is to make...

“Hey Boss, um, we made a mistake.”

The dreaded quote.  You had an employee come up and alert you to a mistake, a big one on an important project.  It’s so big it has to run up the chain of command all the way to the CEO.  Lump-in-throat.

Everyone begins to get...