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So even though defining the strategy from scratch is the *hardest* part, keeping it alive with regular heartbeats is where you bring *everyone else along through proof.*
It's a chance to show that the strategy is not just an academic exercise from the leadership canon, but a practical tool that is making a difference to the team. It's a chance to reflect, to celebrate, and to keep the team aligned.
Heartbeats: Keeping Strategies Alive
James Stanier
Anti-ageing is a disappointing pursuit. It has been since Ponce de Léon went searching for the Fountain of Youth and found Florida. There is no point at which the anti-ageing will have worked – when you look in the mirror and say, “I’ve done it! I’m anti-aged!” Once you buy into the concept of anti-ageing, you buy in forevermore.
Should You Be Getting Botox? Welcome to Ask Ugly, Our New Beauty Column!
Jessica DeFino
Trust on its own isn’t much of a management technique. Trust cannot distinguish good errors (good process, good decision, bad outcome) from bad errors (bad process, bad decision, bad outcome), nor can it detect bad successes (bad process, bad decision, good outcome). If you rely too heavily on trust, randomness will have an outsized influence on who you consider to be an effective leader.
Inspection and the Limits of Trust. | Irrational Exuberance
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