Proper delegation means becoming comfortable with giving someone the freedom to make their own decisions, to do things differently to you and to make mistakes without relinquishing that control.

It’s scary when you believe that you are doomed to never ending suffering. It’s terrifying to think you have no choice in a matter and that change isn’t possible. When contemplating these limiting beliefs it’s always good to consult an outside source as this debilitating train of thought may just be in your head. Your … Continue reading Eternal suffering →

Daddy Murphy is standing at the door looking at his watch praying for the strength to remain calm as his family scramble to get out the door in time. Now Daddy Murphy usually just accepts that they’ll be late but this time he actually cares about arriving early and his stress levels are about to … Continue reading Daddy Murphy →

An incident occurs, a confrontation between two of your staff.  As the leader you know that a conversation needs to be had but you don’t feel prepared to do it. Ideally you’d like some time alone to craft a few articulate insightful answers before entering this potentially heated environment but you know that the longer … Continue reading 50% prepared →

Jerry is reading the comments under his latest Youtube video ‘This guy sounds like a tortured goose’ Jerry chuckles to himself and keeps scrolling. ‘This is just blatant plagiarism of Chris Rock’s stand up’ Jerry pauses on this comment and reads it again. He feels his anger starting to boil and he proceeds to carry … Continue reading Jerry’s reactions →

It’s a high school reunion and the class of 92 are in the gym hall mingling.  The high school bullies come across Alfred, the former awkward class nerd now tech billionaire dressed impeccably with a supermodel on his arm.  The bullies are stunned and can’t deal with this status change so instead of applauding his … Continue reading Alfred’s transformation →

Some people believe that there is a correlation between experience and performance. That in order to earn more responsibility or achieve great things you need to serve your time slowly one stage at a time. These people dismiss youngsters for senior jobs because they believe the candidates don’t have enough experience, haven’t served enough time … Continue reading Good enough old enough →

Knowing what to say is easy, finding the right way to say it is hard.

Recently I heard a story and the teller started their tale with: “My friend works in car rentals and he was supposed to hook us up with an Automatic but he screwed up and we ended up stuck with a manual.” I was wondering to myself ‘did you have to add in that little complaint?’ … Continue reading Little complaint →

Tasks not done immediately can be scary. They’re scary because once you have the ability to do the task and push it once what’s to say it won’t be pushed again? Then this task becomes prone to slipping further and further until it never gets done. The fear of not completing it straight away is … Continue reading Pushing tasks →