Jason Fried of Basecamp
Why you should build the company that you want to work for.
Jason Fried of Basecamp
Articles about creative teams
The Art of Completing Conversations
The Art of Completing Conversations
A simple strategy for bringing alignment to your team.
Moving From Control To Influence
Moving From Control To Influence
Your job as a manager is to unleash the brilliance of your team, not to showcase your own.
Leading With Emotional Courage (with Peter Bregman)
Leading With Emotional Courage (with Peter Bregman)
In the uncertainty of today's marketplace, it's a challenge to show up each day with confidence and clarity about who you are and what you're trying to accomplish. On this episode, Peter Bregman helps us understand how to cultivate the emotional courage necessary to do brilliant and brave work, lead with precision, and unleash the best in everyone around us.
The Coaching Habit Revisited (with Michael Bungay Stanier)
The Coaching Habit Revisited (with Michael Bungay Stanier)
When you think of the word "coach", what image comes to mind? Someone standing on the sideline barking orders at everyone? The master strategist standing in an empty room with a whiteboard full of plans? How about this one: the great listener? On today's show, Michael Bungay Stanier returns to share additional insights from his international smash hit book The Coaching Habit. We talk about misunderstandings people often have about coaching, and how we can coach our peers and even our managers to help them unleash their best work every day.
Do What Only You Can Do (with Jen Gotch)
Do What Only You Can Do (with Jen Gotch)
When you are growing a business, it's tempting to allow yourself to get pulled into the million little things that demand your time. However, there is something that your business needs from you that only you can do, and you're the only one who knows what it is. On today's episode, Jen Gotch (co-founder of Bando), shares her thoughts about social media, growing a business, leading creative teams, and how to keep yourself inspired and focused when your business is too big to be small, and too small to be big.
Podcast: Aligning Your Expectations With Reality
Podcast: Aligning Your Expectations With Reality
One of the greatest sources of tension on creative teams is when unspoken expectations are violated. This can lead to misalignment with your clients, with your peers, and even with your own efforts. On today's episode, we'll look at three kinds of unspoken expectations and three ways to prevent them from taking root and disrupting your work.
Podcast: Blind Spots
Podcast: Blind Spots
We all have blind spots in our creative work, and they can rob us of really valuable insights and contribution. It's important to test assumptions and ensure that we're not fossilizing around them.
Don’t Be “The Coach”
Don’t Be “The Coach”
Yes…we need coaches. However, don’t be “The Coach”. Instead, offer feedback that is timely, contextualized, empathetic, and helpful in the context of the outcome you’re committed to.
Toxic: Dealing With A Culture Of Blame
Toxic: Dealing With A Culture Of Blame
How to prevent a culture of blame from eroding trust and causing sub-par work.
The Fly In The Middle Of The Room
The Fly In The Middle Of The Room
When everyone is responsible for something, no one is. Creative teams need to make sure that there are specific goals, metrics and accountability for creative work. Don't fall prey to the "fly in the middle of the room" mindset.