Design without Limits

This is something I have grappled with, and I want to share my story. A little background on myself, I am a woman with a STEM background, and straight out of university, I went on to work with an amazing company. For the first four amazing years, I was what you call "a real engineer"; I enjoyed 16-degree server rooms, writing scripts, and the hustle and bustle of being a high-level service engineer. Four years into my career, I could no longer "log in" to a server. I remember having my credentials deactivated the very same day I joined the marketing department in the products and services section. My "identity" was gone! Back a month, I knew this day was coming, and I was really struggling with it because no one really understood what a telecom engineer was going to do in a marketing department.However, I knew where my heart was and what I was going to do there. I followed my dreams and left. My new job began. I had many meetings in the first week, coupled...

For as long as a leader keeps complaining about his people, she or he will never get much done. First, complaining exhausts people around you and sooner or later you find yourself alone and isolated. Did you also know that complaining is a form of manipulation? It puts pressure on the people around you to a point where they want to help resolve all the issues on your behalf because they somehow forget those are your issues to deal with. When I meet a leader that is constantly complaining I worry that they have not understood the people they are leading and consequently they have not internalized the idea of diversity and individual uniqueness.  Your team is everything and you will have come up with the best vision and have grand dreams and fail to execute. Recently I encountered a situation where a very talented employee was having issues completing full projects, well that is what was required at the time. But here is the thing; as a leader you have three choices, either get stuck...