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In the corporate Management Trap , we are taught that productivity is a flat line. We’re told that "100% effort" is a static setting on a thermostat—something you should be able to hit every Monday at 8:00 AM and sustain until Friday at 5:00 PM. You ever wake up and just know it's going to be a low capacity day? It took forever to turn off your brain to sleep and when you did, you didn't sleep well. I don't know if any of you do, but I dream vividly. To the point where I'll s

When They Can't Outperform You, They Re-write You In the corporate world, we have metrics for everything. If an employee has "poor performance," there’s a spreadsheet or app for that. It’s business. It’s objective. It's measurable. It’s fixable. But what happens when your performance is undeniable, yet you’re still treated like a "problem?" The low-performer gets a Business Audit. The High-Voltage Producer gets a Character Audit. One is about the work ; the other is Identity

In my last post, I was sure corrective action was on the verge, imminent even. How wrong was I. Here's what led up to that. My "audit" of this particular employee started about a year ago. He had wanted a promotion. Threw a fit when I didn't put him up for one. My boss agreed with my assessment, but because I didn't have any "proof" (aka "documentation"), it set off a series of events that led to a he said/she said "personality conflict" instead of the performance issue it wa

So much has happened since I accepted the mission of formal leadership. I'll go into that at later date. But, right now, I'm dealing with the greatest challenge so far. I have an employee. One I've advocated for, even before I was leading him . I was his subordinate. He had a higher rank. And I wanted him to succeed. I gave him advice and guidance. I encouraged him. We went through a rough patch when I was promoted over him. I "leap frogged" him. I didn't want that. But I wa

It wasn't the first time I've played a leadership role . But it was the first time I held a leadership position . In the absence of a leader, I would come forward. I delegated when I didn't have authority. Otherwise, I preferred to be behind the scenes. Do my job, do it well, and leave it all at work. It was satisfying and I was content. Life was calm and the only drama I brought into my life was on TV - where I was watching it. It was not happening to me. I felt it, because