As A Leader, Your Moment Is…

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As a leader, when it comes to your success, every moment is important. If you want to catch it, you have got to be there.

You are there when you are physically, mentally, socially, and psychologically present.

When you show up, your moment is, according to John Cross, Rafael Gomez, and Kevin Money, ‘When you respond quickly to changes in circumstances and adjust working hours and individual work allocations to achieve the maximum possible team output for the period.’

When you allow your people to influence and shape their objectives and resist setting them unilaterally.’

‘When you identify and communicate your view of the output potential for the next period and then reorganize resources to deliver it.’

‘When you invite others to contribute to your solution, thank them, and then acknowledge their contributions publicly.’

When you break down your team’s activities into easily understood components and conduct or commission a detailed examination of them for efficiency savings.’

When you seek input in order to highlight possible adverse knock-on effects brought about by new initiatives in order that they may be mitigated.’

When you devise and promote your own powerful story headline to challenge and change the status quo.’

When you focus your time and energy on the people who will be first to change, because they in turn will change others in your absence.’

When you fit requests from colleagues to use your time into your schedule and not into their schedule.’

‘When you talk yourself into a more positive frame of mind by counting your blessings both at home and at work.’

‘When you abandon the attraction of being liked and instead focus on both individual and team output.’

Source

John Cross, Rafael Gomez, and Kevin Money (2013). The Little Black Book for Managers: How to Maximize Your Key Management Moments of Power

Leading A Successful Startup

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‘Startup leaders aren’t necessarily paid for moving fast and breaking things … but they are expected to experiment and iterate to drive success.’

‘You don’t have to be fully ready to go for it.’

‘You have to nail the job that you were paid to do first, before you highlight anything else you’ve done above-and-beyond.’

‘If you don’t do what you’re paid to do exceptionally well, it’s hard to make the case that you’ll be more successful once promoted.’

‘If you ask questions upfront, you can hopefully avoid finding yourself in the middle of a messy founder drama.’

‘You need to align with your colleagues enough to want to put in a lot of time together tackling challenges.’

‘You can mitigate your risk coming in the early by asking for a contractual agreement around ‘true-upping’ your cash to market rates at key revenue or fundraising milestones.’

‘Try to make the leaps manageable and within your comfort zone to set yourself up for maximum success.’

You need to understand markets and business areas that impact your startup, not only your particular role.’

‘If you are interested in growing into an executive role, think about how you can learn other areas of your function that you may not have owned previously.’

Source

Sarah E. Brown (2022) Lead Upwards: How Startup Joiners Can Impact New Ventures, Build Amazing Careers, and Inspire Great Teams