Don Graumann's Blog, page 8
November 22, 2022
Credentials and Credibility are Different
Don’t confuse credentials and credibility. The former are moment in time results. Lag metrics. They open doors and get you inside. The latter is your ongoing value add. Lead metrics. They prove your worth and keep you inside.
November 1, 2022
Creating Believers...
When you believe, your busy schedule is invigorating. When you do not believe, it is drudgery. As a leader, are you creating believers?
October 19, 2022
Offer help...in the right way
Very assertively offering help where it is not yet desired makes it more likely that your help will be less welcome in the future.
October 5, 2022
Max Decision Quality, Min Luck
Your path is determined by two things: your decision quality and luck. If you optimize decision quality by leveraging the Strategic Pause (minimizing irrational and maximizing logical inputs), you will often maximize good luck and minimize bad luck.
September 28, 2022
Some Problems are Good
Welcome the right problems. Those that originate from growth are far more desirable than those that originate from pullback. If your problems are the former, be happy to have problems.
September 22, 2022
Do you have Communication Empathy?
If you use 3-5 paragraphs to ask or convey what could be expressed in 3-5 bullets, you are frustrating most people you are communicating with. It shows a lack of communication empathy.
September 15, 2022
Focus on Adding Value over Reputation
Don’t focus on your reputation. It’s a lag measure. Focus on adding value. That is the lead measure that builds your reputation.
August 25, 2022
The Strategic Pause is how you lead in the moment. You can lead...
The Strategic Pause is how you lead in the moment. You can lead right now.
Strategic Management is how you lead in the future. It is setting up leadership guardrails…a system.
So much more in my book.
August 23, 2022
The Difference between Stress and Pressure
Stress is a reaction to the “heat”. Pressure is a response to the “heat”. Pressure is rational. Stress is irrational/emotional.
August 19, 2022
What got you here will not get you there
Your team got you here, your current “state of the state.” Will they get you there, achieving your company’s vision (long-term goals)? If not, what are the team and/or operating model adjustments you need to make?
