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Daily stand-up meetings might be the quickest way to waste your time as a leader. As a manager, you’ve likely witnessed this first hand. Your daily stand-up meetings have become bloated and unengaging, the more time passes and the bigger your team grows. Should you be doing something different? And if so, what? The time to kill the daily stand-up meeting has come. Here’s exactly why and what we should do instead… Why Daily Stand-Up Meetings Do Not Always Work 01.   Many oars, too many directions: The original  intention  behind a daily stand-up meeting is extremely sound. Popularized by the  Agile methodology  of project management, daily stand-up meetings are meant to share progress and identify any blockers the team is facing . For the few teams who strictly adhere to only sharing status updates and blockers, a daily stand-up can serve them well. However, for most of us in practice, it’s a different story. We get overly excited and cram other intentions into our daily stand-u

  Now more than ever before, leaders all over the world are facing change and complexity — the coronavirus pandemic has presented us all with new challenges, new circumstances, and new uncertainties. Adaptability is a requirement. Because change is constant and inevitable, leaders must be flexible to succeed. Adaptability is about having ready access to a range of behaviours that enable leaders to shift and experiment as things change. Successful executives: 1)       Adapt to the changing external pressures facing the organization. 2)       Adjust their management style to changing situations. 3)       Accept changes as positive . 4)       Revise plans as necessary. 5)       Consider other people’s concerns during change. Conversely, it may also be argued that inflexible leaders limit the adaptability of others. New initiatives may be halted or stifled. Resistance to change may undermine critical projects or system-wide implementation. Employee enthusiasm, coope

Apologizing to those we have hurt or harmed isn’t always an easy task. There can be various obstacles in our way of doing what is right. Some are: A)   A matter of pride: . . .     To apologize is to set aside our pride long enough to admit our imperfections. For some people, this feels far too vulnerable, too dangerous . It means they have to admit they are flawed and fallible, something they refuse to do. And apologizing also overrides our tendency to make excuses or blame others . This acceptance of responsibility for our own actions is so out of character for some that it is nearly impossible.   B) A sign of weakness: . . .   To many, apologizing reflects weakness. These people have a tendency to need to be right and to always be seen as strong and powerful. But the truth is, apologizing for the harm you caused and taking responsibility for your mistakes can actually be seen as a sign of strength. For example, General Mark Milley recently apologized for appearing in a photo-