The IKEA Effect
To succeed as a leader, you must invest time in your people and give them the opportunity to solve problems on their own, even if it means allowing them to fail occasionally.
Leadership & Growth
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- $Certainty: A Misleading ComfortCertainty: A Misleading ComfortAs an engineer/architect/consultant/leader in my organization, I am expected to know many things with great certainty.
- $Run Your Own RaceRun Your Own RaceWe're bombarded with everyone's highlight reels and carefully curated success stories that show the summit but never the climb.
- $Wake up, You are a ConsultantWake up, You are a ConsultantIf you are not a consultant, you might have the soothing misbelief that what I write below doesn't apply to you—unfortunately, it does.
- $I am not What You Think I amI am not What You Think I amUnderstanding Your Self-Perception and Strategies to Overcome.
- $Mastering the Art of Connecting the DotsMastering the Art of Connecting the DotsHave you ever learned a new word, and suddenly it seems to pop up everywhere, making you wonder how you missed it before?
- $The Paradox of Confidence and IncompetenceThe Paradox of Confidence and IncompetenceWhy Most of Us Are Confidently Incompetent or Vice-Versa?
- $Win Arguments Without Losing RelationshipsWin Arguments Without Losing RelationshipsThe backfire effect and how to overcome it
