Marc deGuzmán

Put your agenda on pause. Assist someone else with theirs. 🤝#heyneighbor Radical change or just being a good human? 💭 #bridgingthegap #empathy

“Let them know what kind of feedback you’re looking for.”

“Have the courage to remove stories that are distracting from the goal.”

“WIIFM is too basic. Ask yourself what is the impact of action AND inaction.”

“We promote leaders because of the ability to get things delivered. By promoting them, we believe we’re going to get more of the same characteristics up the tree.”

“Show the value within the delivery, and then the total overview.”

“For some reason, people keep thinking as long as there’s a process in place and tools to support it - it’ll perform better.” - Lee R Lambert

“The structure of our stories matters a lot more than the content.” - Brian Harman

“Change never happens spontaneously.”

“How would you do it differently if you knew people were watching?”

“We can always try to earn more money, but we cannot earn more time.”

“It’s a development spectrum. And wherever you are, you will find things you’re strong with and things you need to work on.”

“Unlike the advice that they too frequently give… you CANNOT fake everything till you make it.”

“We only learn the basics of leadership from those around us.” - Miriam Dicks

“How are they signaling it is going to be a DIFFERENT conversation?”

“This behavioral pattern… is not a repeat offender so much as it is a repeat victim.”

“Because someone wanted certainty you created a map. That creates more uncertainty as we try to force predictability.”

“Become ‘thinking’ leaders and ‘learning’ leaders.” - Bob Galen

“People don’t appreciate the risk that goes beyond their area.”

“Are you actually in a meritocracy or a mirrortocracy?”

“One thing we noticed about this approach was that people tended to get caught in the problem’s details based on their first understanding of it.”