Posts by FCS

Chris McChesney said, “There will always be more good ideas than there is capacity to execute.” By focusing on the most important goals and ideas, your efforts will be magnified. Execution starts with focus. You need to focus your finest...

Have you ever seen leaders who have little to no faith in their team? What sort of results did they typically achieve? The truth is, teams can sense when their leaders don’t think they will win, and this lack of...

While you’re stressing out about whether your remote is working — Why hasn’t she sent an update? Why isn’t she on chat? —your remote could be stressing out about whether you trust that she’s working. And ironically, these doubts could be taking...

Are you seeing people and situations accurately? Dr. Covey popularized the term “paradigm,” which comes from the Greek root paradigma, meaning a pattern, model, or representation of something. Our paradigms are the perceptions, frames of reference, worldviews, value systems, or...

Are the efforts of your team members moving your goals forward? How can you make it easier for them to do so? If a goal is elevated to WIG status, it’s vital to the team’s and the organization’s survival or...

Do you spend as much time celebrating the achievement of goals as you do setting them? People like to win — but not “fake” win. Your team wants to work for it. But they don’t want the finish line moved, and they...

Are you and your team delivering activities instead of results? Are the results the right ones? Paraphrasing Henry Ford, “Nobody ever built a reputation on what they said they were going to do.” If you’re a leader, you already have...

It’s all too easy to harbor unfounded expectations of someone based on a single characteristic — for example, Parisa is the most vocal in meetings, so you assume she’s a natural leader, or Guarav has to leave at 5:00 every...