A great leader can make anything seem simple and clear, because they are great communicators.
Notes:
- I missed last week due to a holiday.
- This week, I want to talk about why it is so important for a leader to cut through the noise.
- In an extremely noisy environment with lots of false signals, this is more important than ever.
- The world is a confusing place, and it is your job to make sense of it, then guide your team along a safe path.
- When someone says "it's really not that simple", I believe that is a failure of communication.
- They have failed to take a topic right down to its first principals, its very foundation, to MAKE it simple.
- The onus is on the speaker to make it simple, not the audience.
- A great leader can make anything seem simple and clear, because they are great communicators.
- You cannot be a great leader without being a great communication.
- You job as a leader is to provide a clear signal, not add to the noise.
- It really is that simple. This is your mantra now.
- Unnecessary complexity is obfuscation. It is always a red flag.
- By that, I mean I am suspicious of anyone who deliberately takes a topic and tries to make it sound more complicated than it actually is.
- They have an agenda, they are trying to hide the facts, or they are trying to confuse and misdirect people via obfuscation, otherwise known as "smoke and mirrors".
- If you want to be a successful leader: present the facts, present them clearly, and drive conversations towards simple explanations.
- If you present confused complexity, you will lose credibility: why should anyone listen to you, when you don't know either?
- Complexity is the enemy of clear communication.
- It really is that simple.
- What I am working on this week:
- Cleaning up the summaries in search results on greppr.org to remove code.
- Media I am enjoying this week:
- Back playing Cyberpunk 2077 - this game is beautiful!
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