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Don't Undo All Your Work - Onboard Well the First Time
Put yourself in a hypothetical new hire’s shoes: You just accepted an offer for a new position, and their leader showed you an audacious vision that pumps you up about where the company is going. You’re laying out your outfit for the first day, excited and nervous to meet the whole team tomorrow. When you walk in, the person you spoke with is nowhere in sight. Everyone is nice, but obviously busy. It’s starting to feel like your presence is more of a mild inconvenience than a

Ross Paterson
Apr 142 min read


If Everything Is a Priority, Nothing Is: The Leadership Skill of Saying 'No' to a Good Idea
According to a study by the Project Management Institute: Teams focused on three or fewer critical objectives see a 23% higher success rate in project completion than teams managing six or more at once. If your team has done the SWOT work from last week’s lesson (click HERE to review), it's time to start laying out our strategic work into a plan for 2026. Your tactical/technical teammates are probably scratching their heads right now, overwhelmed while looking at this

Ross Paterson
Dec 11, 20252 min read
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