Get ahead. Attend to the human dynamics of ambitious work.
Over time I noticed my greatest career successes were not about the tangible processes, structures or strategy.
Success, and failure, amplifies when the dynamics between people work well, or poorly.
So shaping people's experience of work became my focus because I wanted to know how this worked, and how to do it better.
Ambition
You can do many things to help a team think for themselves. But for it to stick, so you don't have to keep pushing, this is what matters.
Clarity takes much longer than expected, early ideas and KPIs are often wrong. Keep the primary task in dialogue, this is not a one-time exercise.
More than a job description, a holder must mentally inhabit a profession, separate from their personal identity, and roles are equally supported by the team.
Build constructive behaviour that uses and tolerates plainly spoken truths over avoidance or threats, to help people process the tension of ambition.
Work to stay on the same page, share struggles, listen and use power constructively. Why? To lower defensive behaviours, creating space for clarity.
For a mindset that goes beyond normal, let's talk.
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