I’ve always thought of myself as a positive person, but in the daily grind, it’s easy to get caught up in what’s wrong, what needs to be fixed or what should improve. That’s exactly what Max Yoder tries to address in his new book, Do Better Work.
I consider myself a pretty optimistic, positive person. I intuitively get the importance of positivity for my own personal sanity and happiness, and I know that a positive leader has more influence with her team.
Five years ago, I was invited to join Borshoff’s ownership group. While I had managed teams and been a “boss” before this point, becoming an owner caused a major shift in my responsibility. Each year I was less involved in “doing the work” and more involved in leading the teams that do the work. As I struggled to focus more on people, one of the best books I could have read was Radical Candor by Kim Scott. Scott taught me what good feedback looks like and how to deliver it effectively. But the real gift is that she taught me what being a boss is really all about.
I was heading to Portland, OR for Hood to Coast, a 199-mile relay race, when I realized I was flying across the country to do two things that exhaust me – run and meet new people. In addition to running, I was joining 11 strangers for two days, spending many sweaty hours together in a van.
The recent deaths of Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and Uber driver Jeff Monroe stir up a range of emotions. I’m heartbroken for the families whose lives will never be the same; I’m angry that the driver who hit them was intoxicated; and I’m frustrated that drunk and distracted driving is still so prevalent today, taking the life of one person every 52 minutes.
Everything we do is greater than the sum of our individual contributions. So we got together over lunch to make this for you.
Following on the heels of 2016’s critically hailed short, “Hand Turkey,” Borshoff delivers the second installment of our holiday triptych, “Derek Finds A Tree.”
When LinkedIn learned that one in three parents don’t understand what their children do for work, the company created Bring In Your Parents Work Day. (Google has been doing this since 2012 in an appropriately massive Google way.)
There are only so many perfect Fridays; inclement weather, end of week deadlines, or team building exercises could be lurking around the corner. Any of those could spoil routine Friday trips to Sun King Brewery, our new neighbor down Ohio Street.
