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Quandary-Mat: Mixed Signals from my Too-Busy Boss, Part 2
Quandary-Mat: Mixed Signals from my Too-Busy Boss, Part 2

Welcome back to the Quandary-Mat, where Hunter takes your conundrums in work relationships and team performance and gives them a good spin through the clarifying culture-building machine.

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Hunter GatewoodNovember 14, 2022
Quandary-Mat: Mixed Signals from my Too-Busy Boss, Part 1
Quandary-Mat: Mixed Signals from my Too-Busy Boss, Part 1

In a class session last week with 20 wonderful middle-manager leaders, I got an eyeful in a private chat message. We were discussing the importance of setting individual growth goals with team members and how to use those when delegating work.

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Hunter GatewoodNovember 1, 2022
Advocating for your Team ... but which Team?
Advocating for your Team ... but which Team?

Leadership is about purview, how broadly or narrowly we focus in approaching a decision. Or, in this case, a high-pressure negotiation.

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Hunter GatewoodOctober 17, 2022
Responsibility, Accountability, Ownership: Definitions, Distinctions, and How They Add Up to a Healthy Team
Responsibility, Accountability, Ownership: Definitions, Distinctions, and How They Add Up to a Healthy Team

This morning while out with the dog, I told myself, Today is the day I stop getting tripped up by the terms Accountability, Responsibility, and Ownership,

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Hunter GatewoodOctober 4, 2022
"Roots and Wings, Mom!" And the Fine Balance of Delegating Work
"Roots and Wings, Mom!" And the Fine Balance of Delegating Work

In my home growing up, in small-town South Carolina, there was an embroidered piece of art on the wall.

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Hunter GatewoodSeptember 16, 2022
Can Your Team Talk about Urgency without Freaking Out?
Can Your Team Talk about Urgency without Freaking Out?

I have been in physical danger twice in my working life. These two situations were as urgent as a work scenario gets, actual gotta-go-now, oh-shit urgent.

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Hunter GatewoodAugust 23, 2022
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