Business is kind of like an infinite game. You don’t win, you just decide how long and how well you’re going to keep playing. I’m a fan of Simon Sinek’s framing: You either run out of resources or the will to stay in the game.
Most leadership teams don’t miss their quarter because of bad strategy. They miss it because they’re avoiding conflict and perpetuating artificial harmony. Patrick Lencioni describes this in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: Teams avoid conflict to ...
You’re in the office at 5:00 a.m. on the first business day after New Year's. You’ve been anxious to get back to “normal” work since mid-December. You feel the weight of the year ahead and the pressure to start the first quarter strong, knowing it’s ...
