A leadership story about scaling operations, and demonstrating how clear decision boundaries, accountability, and culture helps teams to adapt without losing trust.

Today’s post is by Dan Leiva, author of AMPLIFIED: The Operator’s Playbook for Scaling Human Potential in an AI World.

The alert came in just after 2:17am. This alert did not signal that there was a system outage, it showed something worse. Everything was working exactly as it was designed to.

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Our reader poll today asks: Which of these two activities do you find to be more challenging?

• Retaining great employees – 38%
  
• Recruiting great employees – 62%

Is your role compelling? Two thirds of you report finding it harder to recruit than to retain great people. What are the challenges for recruiting?

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Follow these three principles when putting together a strategic plan for your organization.

What is a strategic plan and why is it important? A strategic plan defines what your organization stands for. It assesses the market where you compete and determines how you compete in that market. It’s the definition of the goals you’re going to pursue and more importantly, the initiatives you’re going to execute to achieve those goals. 

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Self-awareness is a huge perk of being human. Unfortunately, it can also lead to chronic illness.

Today’s post is by Steve Adams, CEO of Tiger Performance Institute and author of Unleash the Peak Performer Within You.

Zebras are horse-like creatures with beautifully striped coats that fascinate children and adults alike. Zebras have a distinct advantage over humans in one particularly important area of life: how they manage stress.

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Our reader poll today asks: How much pressure and stress are you feeling as a leader right now?

• Extreme — I’m at a breaking point – 16%
• Significant — Much more than I’m used to – 39%
• Some — Things are at a normal stress level – 33%
• Mild — There’s minor stress but nothing substantial – 8%
• None — Things are as peaceful as ever – 4%

Stressful times.

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Avoid these pitfalls to get your recommendations implemented.

For you to get good at your problem solving, you need to apply this method to problems you’re working on. And I know it’s going to feel awkward, I’ve asked you to slow down, I’ve added steps to your process. But if you do, you’re going to be much more likely to solve for the root cause. You can’t skip these early steps of the process.

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