by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes, the one thing needed for a person to do something new and frightening is simply permission. Here is how to write a book: Simple? Yes. Works? Absolutely, I have done this about a dozen times. You start. When you reach the end, you stop. But what about…? Yes, we can ask […]
Entries Tagged as 'Permission'
Permission
September 5th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Communication · Knowledge · Management · Permission · Resources
Do What Is Best (Or at Least Do What Is Better)
February 26th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes, the better thing to do is let people do what they think is best or at least what they think is better on any given day. “We are a fill-in-the-blank organization. We use best fill-in-the-blank practices as described by fill-in-the-second-blank who described fill-in-the-blank in the seminal blog post on fill-in-the-blank,” said […]
Tags: Decide · Management · Mistakes · People · Permission · Practice · Reaction
Student Driver
August 17th, 2023 · No Comments
By Dwayne Phillips Despite what I have noticed the past couple of years, declaring, “I’m just learning” does not allow us to do whatever we want. Earlier this year, I wrote about using Emergency Flashers to gain allowance to do whatever I want (not). I’ve noticed something similar with stickers on cars that say something […]
Tags: Leadership · Learning · Management · Mistakes · Notice · Permission
Sometimes I Don’t Take the Podium
February 6th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I like to speak in front of audiences. I like to take the podium and talk. Sometimes, however, I don’t take the podium. Sometimes, I need another person to stand in the way and say, “No, not today.” I recently attended a memorial service for someone who died. Close family members stood […]
Tags: Breathe · Clarity · Decide · Fatigue · Health · Honesty · Humility · Permission
Don’t Try This at Home
August 19th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I know what I’m doing. You don’t. I can have fun. You can’t. As a kid, I used to see wild stunts on television. They always prefaced them with, “Don’t try this at home.” Why not? Why could they do things, but I couldn’t? Of course they had years of this and […]
Tags: Change · Education · Fear · Learning · Permission
We Don’t Need Permission…
November 16th, 2017 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Some of us don’t want to stretch things at work. Stretching can create tension, and tension is, well, tense. It is okay. Go ahead and do it. I wish I remember where I was when I first heard or read the statement, You don’t need permission to do your job well. I […]
Tags: Change · Management · Permission