Great Read! This reminds me of the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, philosophy centered on continuous improving through small incremental change. @Gaurav Jain
Guarav, I also wrote about Kaizen of my LinkedIn column “Through A Broader Lens”, the sister companion to my Substack “Through A Broader Lens:INSIGHTS” but there I have a broader aperture. The piece was titled “Whispers of A New Year: The Quiet Art of Becoming”
What I love here is that these “simple” habits are actually long-term systems, not tips. The win log, the “What do you need from me?” question, and repeating priorities all quietly shift a manager from firefighter to builder of an autonomous team.
One idea that could be powerful for readers: turn this into a one-page weekly checklist (wins log, priority reminder, asks from team, boring-progress wins) so new managers can start practicing it immediately.
Great set of habits, I do some of those myself with my team of 9. The most impactful one for me was to empower my team to take the lead on key projects instead of depending solely on me. It opened up some of my time to zoom out and re-focus and gave them hands-on training and exposure to key stakeholders.
So much of this I do myself without ever conceptualizing it.
One of the things you pointed out that I am going to try is to delay my responses on messenger. You’re right, that’s going to be a tough one. But your theory is sound.
Many of these are very basic like you mentioned, but they are small items that can really help shape an early career leader. I hope many in that boat find this post.
Great job, I look forward to reading more of your work!
Great Read! This reminds me of the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, philosophy centered on continuous improving through small incremental change. @Gaurav Jain
Thank you Jonathan, and you’re absolutely right. In fact, I recently did a deep dive into the Kaizen mindset for leaders: https://read.thegoodboss.com/p/the-kaizen-mindset-how-real-leaders
Guarav, I also wrote about Kaizen of my LinkedIn column “Through A Broader Lens”, the sister companion to my Substack “Through A Broader Lens:INSIGHTS” but there I have a broader aperture. The piece was titled “Whispers of A New Year: The Quiet Art of Becoming”
What I love here is that these “simple” habits are actually long-term systems, not tips. The win log, the “What do you need from me?” question, and repeating priorities all quietly shift a manager from firefighter to builder of an autonomous team.
One idea that could be powerful for readers: turn this into a one-page weekly checklist (wins log, priority reminder, asks from team, boring-progress wins) so new managers can start practicing it immediately.
Great set of habits, I do some of those myself with my team of 9. The most impactful one for me was to empower my team to take the lead on key projects instead of depending solely on me. It opened up some of my time to zoom out and re-focus and gave them hands-on training and exposure to key stakeholders.
That’s an excellent one, thanks for sharing Luciana!
thanks
So much of this I do myself without ever conceptualizing it.
One of the things you pointed out that I am going to try is to delay my responses on messenger. You’re right, that’s going to be a tough one. But your theory is sound.
Many of these are very basic like you mentioned, but they are small items that can really help shape an early career leader. I hope many in that boat find this post.
Great job, I look forward to reading more of your work!
-Eric