Tag Archives: people first leadership

“They’re Going to Know I’m an Idiot” (And Why I Said It Anyway)

There’s a jolt of dread the moment a question comes up that you do not know the answer to when you’re a business owner or team leader sitting around a table with a bunch of your peers. The fear that used to run through my head every time: that they’re going to find out I’m […]

I Didn’t Know My People First Leadership Was Working Until I Overheard This

I stood in my office doorway, stunned. He’s actually doing this without me. My operations manager rallied the whole team to start the day…and he sounded just like me. Same words I use and the same energy I bring when I walk that floor every morning.  A few months before that, I’d started handing him […]