I had been struggling to find the right approach to delegation at work. I had made many small and big mistakes. Some have caused others frustration, and a few have cost time and financial loss. Now that I have gained experience, it’s time to share. My most significant learning in delegation is this: a leader must...
How many times has someone asked you, “What do you mean?” How many times did you think you described everything clearly, but it turned out that you couldn’t and had to take a different way to explain it? How many times have you supposed everyone feels how nervous you are when you’re speaking to a group but they...
The Review It is one of the fundamental books everyone should read to understand how various marketers, salespeople, etc, have influenced them. I loved every chapter more than the one before. The majority of the book applies to everything we buy daily and to our relationships at work and home. Before reading the...
Tolerance and improving diverse living are not that difficult. They only require empathy. Putting ourselves in someone else’s shoes and trying to understand them already unites us as people. Moreover, if there are more diverse people in our neighborhood, we will unite with them more quickly and reduce or eliminate...
Homes are sacred places that belong to the closest family. When we feel closest to someone, it is the time we share residence. When we invite friends to our homes, they are already one step closer to uniting with us. When we want to get even closer, we can involve them in setting the table during dinners. It shows...
While doing things with others is already helpful in forming better relationships, doing things in synchronized movements like dancing or singing unites people even further. Doing synchronized activities brings people closer as they share the moment. That’s why all national anthems are sung out loud together, and...
When I peaked into the engineering management role, one of my biggest challenges was learning how to lead projects involving multiple teams. Delivering a project from scratch to production is a big challenge, especially for big organizations. It takes months to move a needle due to the complexity. Clarifying the...
One of the main reasons for the importance of teams in organizations is the sense of unity behind a common goal. When the goal (or other reasons for uniting people) are not apparent, people start going after one another. However, once they merge behind a common goal and feel “the whole team is one of them,” they do...
Too much collaboration is detrimental. Many leaders constantly recommend or guide their teams to collaborate closely with other teams. I know they have good intentions, but that’s harmful. Good collaboration has a scope and time limits. If we give two groups of people a common goal to achieve, they “become” one team...
While I was writing about goals for the first time, I challenged myself to reconsider the concept of goal setting. I tried setting goals in different ways and failed in almost all of them. During these four years, all my failures taught me a lot. Now, I know what I did wrong. I’ll share with you how to negotiate...
When we commit to something small and that tiny thing gets bigger, we need to stop and analyze what’s going on and whether we need to keep the same direction. Strong consistency drivers push us to follow the same promises and thoughts more and eventually be the victims of the sunk cost fallacy. This, in combination...
Think about a company where you can find all the information you are looking for. Everything is written and accessible—from detailed analysis of company financials to notes from the board meetings, from all details of projects to who is doing what at any moment. It looks like a utopia. Why can't many organizations...
