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Companies will die without AI transformation, but companies who implement wholesale layoffs and then patch it all over with ChatGPT etc. are just going to decline more slowly. What do I mean? If you think you’ve just hit the cost-savings lottery, you need to consider the limitations of AI alone, versus a person using AI to achieve their full potential. One gets you a picture of a person with six fingers; the other gets you six versions of a great idea in the time it takes to order a pizza. This is a no-brainer. Do you have any wild and/or unique predictions about AI adoption? 

The old model of "change management" doesn't work anymore. Perhaps it never did. To land and sustain true transformation, leaders need a scientific approach that motivates and inspires their colleagues. This Wednesday evening (10pm EDT) I'll be digging into the Future of Transformation along with 3 amazing co-panelists, Angus Stevens, Cherie Mylordis, and Paul Gordon. The discussion will be filled with hard-earned insights and proven best practices from our combined decades of experience. Register here for your spot: https://lnkd.in/gn8zxxBK Thank you to our dear partners at Sprouta, Marcus Worrall and Leonie Rothwell, for the opportunity. Looking forward to a great discussion!

Don't force great individual contributors to be leaders if they don't want to be. Organizations make this mistake all the time. Leaders are scarce, so they promote their highest performers to lead teams, hopefully creating higher performance overall. Unfortunately, this rarely works, as the skills that make someone a great individual contributor don't necessarily make them a great leader. But there are a few key techniques organizations can use to make great ICs into highly effective leaders. Read our latest article for our top 3 tips. Where have you seen IC-to-leadership transitions go wrong? Where have you seen them go right? And what makes the difference?

What sets apart the highest performers from everyone else?   We find that the best performing customer reps are problem solvers. The best performing salespeople are problem solvers. The best performing software engineers are problem solvers. The best performing product managers are... you guessed it: problem solvers.   Great problem solving distinguishes the high performers in virtually every role in an organization.   So, the most important driver of your growth is problem solving. It is the driver of adaptability. It is the reason why you need a motivated workforce.   And it just so happens to be the biggest skill gap in the workforce today. So when your organization talks about measurement, it's critical to measure motivation and the velocity of problem solving. Furthermore, it's essential to develop your colleagues' problem solving skills as part of their everyday work. I recently sat down with Tim Mikhelashvili of Alloutcoach to discuss this and much more, including my journey from quiet quitting software engineer to obsessively motivated entrepreneur. Thank you, Tim, for a great conversation! Listen here: https://lnkd.in/evcnuHMF #Podcast #HumanPerformance #Motivation #Leadership #ProblemSolving #Velocity #HighPerforming

What can aspirational leaders learn from Formula 1 racers? "The pit stop enables fast execution." F1 drivers can only go so fast because they take the time to stop, refuel, and repair along the way - all with the help of their team. Not only that, but the pit stop teammates review footage of their races over and over so that they can shave off fractions of a second and hyper-optimize. The lesson is simple: leaders and their teams must take time for "pit stops" - moments of reflection to refuel, repair, and re-energize so that they can get back in the race. We recommend just three quarterly routines to make this super impactful: 1) GOAL CHECKS - Breaking down complex goals into concrete, motivating challenges 2) SKILL CHECKS - Picking the right skills to develop for the work ahead 3) HEALTH CHECKS - Measuring motivation and picking habits to improve Learn more about these three routines and how to unlock your team's highest performance in this episode from Climb by VSC Ventures (see below). I absolutely loved this conversation! What ideas do you have to optimize your team's performance? #TeamOptimization #BusinessPerformance #Leadership #GoalSetting #TeamMotivation #SkillDevelopment #AdaptivePerformance #BusinessStrategy #OrganizationalHealth #PerformanceMeasurement #JayKapoor #VSCVentures #BusinessInsights #Teamwork #Efficiency #Success #ProfessionalDevelopment

Over the past few days, Wells Fargo has been in the news for another round of questionable behavior. This time, the issue allegedly involves employees faking work by simulating keyboard or mouse activity. Bloomberg reported that Wells Fargo discovered and fired more than 12 employees for engaging in the “impression of active work.” First of all, if companies fired people for the "impression of active work," teams with large meeting cultures would have to fire everyone. But in all seriousness, Wells Fargo discovered that employees were using tools like mouse jigglers to attempt to thwart their monitoring systems. The endgame of slacking isn't better spyware, it's better leadership. Let's dig into this incident to unpack why employees "slack off", why control tactics fall short, and what to do instead. What are your reflections on this Wells Fargo news? Do you have any tips for keeping remote workers motivated and on-task?