I remember that thought as we entered the week of March 9, 2020. Our daughter was scheduled to swim in the Kentucky state championship on the coming Friday as the amorphous specter of Covid-19 began to reveal its true form.
Tuesday came and went; no word.
Thousands crammed into a hot, humid natatorium for hours on end? What could be worse?
Today’s Monday-morning quarterbacks forget that nothing was clear in those early days. There was only uncertainty, anxious waiting, and outright fear. Yet despite the lack of data, it seemed fairly obvious that a crowded indoor natatorium was an ideal way to spread a virus.
I started to write a different piece this week, my first after taking the summer off from writing, but there was something in the way.
The story begins with dogs and kids. You see, when our daughter, Abby, was about three, we had two dogs, Marlee and Neo, both standard size labradoodles. For little Abby, they had simply always been there. I think they occurred to her more like older siblings t...
Every manager has been there. A task was assigned. The expectations seemed clear and understood. Time passes. It doesn’t get done.
Every parent has been there, too.
In fact, we've all been there with ourselves.
We tell ourselves, “I must do Task A by the end of the day on Tuesday.” Tuesday comes and goes, and we can’t help but notice that we failed to do the task.
Do this once, and the result i...
Conquering each of Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for overcoming the next.
Trust must be present for a team to engage in productive conflict, but it does not guarantee they will do so.
Conflict is essential for achieving clarity and buy-in, but it does not automatically result in commitment.
Commitment is required for team members to...
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