Thoughts on Iyas A

You can’t have it all. But you can have what’s important

You can’t have it all. But you can have what’s important

I get somewhat fed up seeing and hearing advice about how you can “have it all”. Sure, at some level, usually a transactional one, you can go from either/or to…
Even as we live longer, we are thinking shorter

Even as we live longer, we are thinking shorter

My father was a lawyer by profession, but a gardner in soul. He understood that it takes time and patient nurturing for a seed to turn into a tree or…
Great and Mediocre Teams and Ideas

Great and Mediocre Teams and Ideas

“if you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it…

Give them a chance even though they might fail

I’ve often given young(ish!) people in my team positions of relatively large responsibility. Almost every time I’ve done it, they’ve succeeded. Almost. Every. Time. I’m not suggesting that the responsibility…

Reasons your team won’t do what you told them to do

One of the most common frustrations I’ve heard from CEOs and managers more generally is “But I told them ….” Whether it’s to do something or to behave a certain…

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