Donald Meador has survived mergers, promotions, re-organizations, and downsizing. Throughout his career, he has led multiple technical teams of varying sizes consisting of both on and offshore resources. He is the author of the book Surrounded by Insanity: How to Execute Bad Decisions.
Top Takeaways: Surrounded by Insanity at Work with Donald Meador
- A long-suffering middle manager
- Most of us are unprepared for the environment of middle management
- Are you ever asked to do something that you aren’t prepared for?
- Maybe you have an assignment to carry out and think “there has to be a better way, a different way
- Are you a supervisor forcing your direction on your team?
- How are you going to execute a bad decision?
- Here’s a bad idea that we are going to do
- You can’t fight a decision after its already made
- Stop fighting back on bad decisions and figure out how to move forward
- Bad decisions are fantastic for your career
- People who solve problems stick around and get promotions
- The one rebuttal rule
- Communication within business is absolute trash- from the top down
- As a middle manager, you are a generational translator
- We can also find 5 minutes for what we believe is important
- The most selfish thing you can do in your career is to focus on making others successful
- Do people want to work around you, work with you?
- Relationships are based on perception
- Ego ruins leaders more than anything
- Nobody cares about your career but you
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[shareable]Nobody cares about your career but you[/shareable]
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Donald’s website: thecorporatemiddle.com
Surrounded by Insanity: How to Execute Bad Decisions by Donald Meador
