Lead From Day One
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Hello and welcome to the Lead From Day One! I’m thrilled you’re here as we embark on a journey to grow, learn, and excel together in the art of supervision and leadership.
Honest question: Are you tired because you're working hard, or because you're doing work your team should be doing?
There's a difference between productive exhaustion and martyr syndrome.
Which one are you experiencing?
#LeadershipBurnout #Boundaries
There's a difference between productive exhaustion and martyr syndrome.
Which one are you experiencing?
#LeadershipBurnout #Boundaries
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Honest question: Are you tired because you're working hard, or because you're doing work your team should be doing?
There's a difference between productive exhaustion and martyr syndrome.
Which one are you experiencing?
#LeadershipBurnout #Boundaries
There's a difference between productive exhaustion and martyr syndrome.
Which one are you experiencing?
#LeadershipBurnout #Boundaries
February is when New Year's energy dies and you discover if your team actually cares about the work or was just riding the motivation wave.
Great leaders build systems that work when motivation doesn't.
What system keeps your team going when energy fades?
#Leadership
Great leaders build systems that work when motivation doesn't.
What system keeps your team going when energy fades?
#Leadership
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
February is when New Year's energy dies and you discover if your team actually cares about the work or was just riding the motivation wave.
Great leaders build systems that work when motivation doesn't.
What system keeps your team going when energy fades?
#Leadership
Great leaders build systems that work when motivation doesn't.
What system keeps your team going when energy fades?
#Leadership
Real talk: If you don't trust your team to work from home, the problem isn't remote work - it's your hiring, training, or management.
Trust isn't given. It's built through clarity, accountability, and letting go.
Where do you struggle most with trust?
#RemoteWork #Trust
Trust isn't given. It's built through clarity, accountability, and letting go.
Where do you struggle most with trust?
#RemoteWork #Trust
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Real talk: If you don't trust your team to work from home, the problem isn't remote work - it's your hiring, training, or management.
Trust isn't given. It's built through clarity, accountability, and letting go.
Where do you struggle most with trust?
#RemoteWork #Trust
Trust isn't given. It's built through clarity, accountability, and letting go.
Where do you struggle most with trust?
#RemoteWork #Trust
Confession: I'm redelegating a project I gave to someone last week because they're doing it "wrong."
Translation: They're not doing it MY way.
Control kills growth. Every. Single. Time.
What are you controlling that you should be coaching?
#Delegation #Leadership
Translation: They're not doing it MY way.
Control kills growth. Every. Single. Time.
What are you controlling that you should be coaching?
#Delegation #Leadership
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Confession: I'm redelegating a project I gave to someone last week because they're doing it "wrong."
Translation: They're not doing it MY way.
Control kills growth. Every. Single. Time.
What are you controlling that you should be coaching?
#Delegation #Leadership
Translation: They're not doing it MY way.
Control kills growth. Every. Single. Time.
What are you controlling that you should be coaching?
#Delegation #Leadership
Two team members haven't spoken to each other in three weeks and I pretended not to notice.
Conflict avoidance is still a leadership decision - just the worst one.
What conflict are you pretending doesn't exist right now?
#ConflictResolution #Leadership
Conflict avoidance is still a leadership decision - just the worst one.
What conflict are you pretending doesn't exist right now?
#ConflictResolution #Leadership
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Two team members haven't spoken to each other in three weeks and I pretended not to notice.
Conflict avoidance is still a leadership decision - just the worst one.
What conflict are you pretending doesn't exist right now?
#ConflictResolution #Leadership
Conflict avoidance is still a leadership decision - just the worst one.
What conflict are you pretending doesn't exist right now?
#ConflictResolution #Leadership
MLK Day reflection: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Great leaders don't wait for someone else to address unfairness on their team. They act.
What unfairness exists in your workplace that you've been tolerating?
#Leadership #MLKDay #Equity
Great leaders don't wait for someone else to address unfairness on their team. They act.
What unfairness exists in your workplace that you've been tolerating?
#Leadership #MLKDay #Equity
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
MLK Day reflection: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Great leaders don't wait for someone else to address unfairness on their team. They act.
What unfairness exists in your workplace that you've been tolerating?
#Leadership #MLKDay #Equity
Great leaders don't wait for someone else to address unfairness on their team. They act.
What unfairness exists in your workplace that you've been tolerating?
#Leadership #MLKDay #Equity
I once told an employee "you're doing great" when they were actually underperforming because I didn't want an uncomfortable conversation.
Six months later, I had to fire them. They were blindsided.
Kindness without honesty isn't kindness.
Ever avoid feedback you should have given?
Six months later, I had to fire them. They were blindsided.
Kindness without honesty isn't kindness.
Ever avoid feedback you should have given?
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I once told an employee "you're doing great" when they were actually underperforming because I didn't want an uncomfortable conversation.
Six months later, I had to fire them. They were blindsided.
Kindness without honesty isn't kindness.
Ever avoid feedback you should have given?
Six months later, I had to fire them. They were blindsided.
Kindness without honesty isn't kindness.
Ever avoid feedback you should have given?
It's performance review season, which means supervisors everywhere are trying to remember what their team members did a few months ago.
If you're scrambling to fill out reviews, you haven't been giving feedback all year.
Do you give real-time feedback or annual surprises?
#Performance
If you're scrambling to fill out reviews, you haven't been giving feedback all year.
Do you give real-time feedback or annual surprises?
#Performance
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It's performance review season, which means supervisors everywhere are trying to remember what their team members did a few months ago.
If you're scrambling to fill out reviews, you haven't been giving feedback all year.
Do you give real-time feedback or annual surprises?
#Performance
If you're scrambling to fill out reviews, you haven't been giving feedback all year.
Do you give real-time feedback or annual surprises?
#Performance
Currently watching executives plan 2026 as if they nailed their 2025 predictions.
Spoiler: None of us know what's coming. The best plans are the ones flexible enough to survive reality.
What's your approach to planning in an unpredictable world?
#StrategicPlanning
Spoiler: None of us know what's coming. The best plans are the ones flexible enough to survive reality.
What's your approach to planning in an unpredictable world?
#StrategicPlanning
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Currently watching executives plan 2026 as if they nailed their 2025 predictions.
Spoiler: None of us know what's coming. The best plans are the ones flexible enough to survive reality.
What's your approach to planning in an unpredictable world?
#StrategicPlanning
Spoiler: None of us know what's coming. The best plans are the ones flexible enough to survive reality.
What's your approach to planning in an unpredictable world?
#StrategicPlanning
January leadership reality: Your team is exhausted from holiday overtime, broke from holiday spending, and dealing with seasonal depression.
Motivational speeches won't fix this. Empathy and flexibility might.
How do you support your team through the January slump?
#Leadership
Motivational speeches won't fix this. Empathy and flexibility might.
How do you support your team through the January slump?
#Leadership
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
January leadership reality: Your team is exhausted from holiday overtime, broke from holiday spending, and dealing with seasonal depression.
Motivational speeches won't fix this. Empathy and flexibility might.
How do you support your team through the January slump?
#Leadership
Motivational speeches won't fix this. Empathy and flexibility might.
How do you support your team through the January slump?
#Leadership
Unpopular opinion: "New year, new you" is toxic for teams.
Your team doesn't need a new you - they need a consistent you who learns from last year's mistakes.
What's one thing you're doing DIFFERENTLY this year based on 2025's lessons?
#Leadership #Growth
Your team doesn't need a new you - they need a consistent you who learns from last year's mistakes.
What's one thing you're doing DIFFERENTLY this year based on 2025's lessons?
#Leadership #Growth
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Unpopular opinion: "New year, new you" is toxic for teams.
Your team doesn't need a new you - they need a consistent you who learns from last year's mistakes.
What's one thing you're doing DIFFERENTLY this year based on 2025's lessons?
#Leadership #Growth
Your team doesn't need a new you - they need a consistent you who learns from last year's mistakes.
What's one thing you're doing DIFFERENTLY this year based on 2025's lessons?
#Leadership #Growth
New Year's resolution for leaders: Stop pretending annual goal-setting sessions in January will magically create change.
Real change happens in February when the motivation fades and the discipline kicks in.
What's one leadership habit you're committing to, not just hoping for?
Real change happens in February when the motivation fades and the discipline kicks in.
What's one leadership habit you're committing to, not just hoping for?
January 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
New Year's resolution for leaders: Stop pretending annual goal-setting sessions in January will magically create change.
Real change happens in February when the motivation fades and the discipline kicks in.
What's one leadership habit you're committing to, not just hoping for?
Real change happens in February when the motivation fades and the discipline kicks in.
What's one leadership habit you're committing to, not just hoping for?
Great way to start the New Year!
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Great way to start the New Year!
Final post here: Leadership is messy, imperfect, and constantly evolving - just like all of us.
Thanks for being part of this journey. Find me on Facebook & Instagram for video content on the leadership topics we've explored here.
Keep leading with courage.
#LeadershipJourney #FinalPost
Thanks for being part of this journey. Find me on Facebook & Instagram for video content on the leadership topics we've explored here.
Keep leading with courage.
#LeadershipJourney #FinalPost
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Final post here: Leadership is messy, imperfect, and constantly evolving - just like all of us.
Thanks for being part of this journey. Find me on Facebook & Instagram for video content on the leadership topics we've explored here.
Keep leading with courage.
#LeadershipJourney #FinalPost
Thanks for being part of this journey. Find me on Facebook & Instagram for video content on the leadership topics we've explored here.
Keep leading with courage.
#LeadershipJourney #FinalPost
As I prepare to shift my leadership content to video (Facebook & Instagram), I want to thank this Bluesky community.
Your stories, questions, and honesty made me a better leader.
Keep challenging, keep growing, keep leading authentically.
See you on the other platforms!
#ThankYou
Your stories, questions, and honesty made me a better leader.
Keep challenging, keep growing, keep leading authentically.
See you on the other platforms!
#ThankYou
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As I prepare to shift my leadership content to video (Facebook & Instagram), I want to thank this Bluesky community.
Your stories, questions, and honesty made me a better leader.
Keep challenging, keep growing, keep leading authentically.
See you on the other platforms!
#ThankYou
Your stories, questions, and honesty made me a better leader.
Keep challenging, keep growing, keep leading authentically.
See you on the other platforms!
#ThankYou
Ho ho ho! Looking for the perfect gift for that new supervisor in your life?
Pick up 'Leading From Day One'—available wherever books are sold.
Give the gift of great leadership this holiday season!
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Pick up 'Leading From Day One'—available wherever books are sold.
Give the gift of great leadership this holiday season!
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December 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ho ho ho! Looking for the perfect gift for that new supervisor in your life?
Pick up 'Leading From Day One'—available wherever books are sold.
Give the gift of great leadership this holiday season!
youtu.be/k7j5wLAxFMY?...
Pick up 'Leading From Day One'—available wherever books are sold.
Give the gift of great leadership this holiday season!
youtu.be/k7j5wLAxFMY?...
Already dreading January planning meetings where we pretend last year's failures were "learning opportunities."
Hot take: If you're not willing to actually change based on what you learned, stop calling them lessons.
What will you genuinely do differently next year?
#Planning
Hot take: If you're not willing to actually change based on what you learned, stop calling them lessons.
What will you genuinely do differently next year?
#Planning
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Already dreading January planning meetings where we pretend last year's failures were "learning opportunities."
Hot take: If you're not willing to actually change based on what you learned, stop calling them lessons.
What will you genuinely do differently next year?
#Planning
Hot take: If you're not willing to actually change based on what you learned, stop calling them lessons.
What will you genuinely do differently next year?
#Planning
December leadership challenge: Keep your team engaged while everyone's mentally checked out for the holidays.
Spoiler: You can't. And that's okay.
Sometimes the best leadership is acknowledging reality instead of fighting it.
What's your December management strategy?
Spoiler: You can't. And that's okay.
Sometimes the best leadership is acknowledging reality instead of fighting it.
What's your December management strategy?
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
December leadership challenge: Keep your team engaged while everyone's mentally checked out for the holidays.
Spoiler: You can't. And that's okay.
Sometimes the best leadership is acknowledging reality instead of fighting it.
What's your December management strategy?
Spoiler: You can't. And that's okay.
Sometimes the best leadership is acknowledging reality instead of fighting it.
What's your December management strategy?
Black Friday thought: Retail workers today are dealing with some of the worst customer behavior of the year.
Great leaders show up for their teams on the hardest days, not just the easy ones.
How do you support your team during peak stress times?
#RetailLeadership #Support
Great leaders show up for their teams on the hardest days, not just the easy ones.
How do you support your team during peak stress times?
#RetailLeadership #Support
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Black Friday thought: Retail workers today are dealing with some of the worst customer behavior of the year.
Great leaders show up for their teams on the hardest days, not just the easy ones.
How do you support your team during peak stress times?
#RetailLeadership #Support
Great leaders show up for their teams on the hardest days, not just the easy ones.
How do you support your team during peak stress times?
#RetailLeadership #Support
Year-end performance reviews are like New Year's resolutions - most are forgotten by February.
Real performance management happens in weekly conversations, not annual evaluations.
How do you make feedback actually stick?
Real performance management happens in weekly conversations, not annual evaluations.
How do you make feedback actually stick?
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Year-end performance reviews are like New Year's resolutions - most are forgotten by February.
Real performance management happens in weekly conversations, not annual evaluations.
How do you make feedback actually stick?
Real performance management happens in weekly conversations, not annual evaluations.
How do you make feedback actually stick?
Friendly reminder: Your team is stressed about finances, family drama, and travel logistics - not just Q4 deadlines.
A little grace during the holidays goes further than a motivational speech.
How do you support your team during holiday chaos?
#HolidayLeadership #Empathy
A little grace during the holidays goes further than a motivational speech.
How do you support your team during holiday chaos?
#HolidayLeadership #Empathy
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Friendly reminder: Your team is stressed about finances, family drama, and travel logistics - not just Q4 deadlines.
A little grace during the holidays goes further than a motivational speech.
How do you support your team during holiday chaos?
#HolidayLeadership #Empathy
A little grace during the holidays goes further than a motivational speech.
How do you support your team during holiday chaos?
#HolidayLeadership #Empathy
Pre-Thanksgiving reflection: The best teams aren't built on perfection - they're built on appreciation.
Appreciate the grinders, not just the stars. The consistent, not just the flashy.
Who on your team deserves more recognition than they get?
#Thanksgiving #TeamAppreciation
Appreciate the grinders, not just the stars. The consistent, not just the flashy.
Who on your team deserves more recognition than they get?
#Thanksgiving #TeamAppreciation
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Pre-Thanksgiving reflection: The best teams aren't built on perfection - they're built on appreciation.
Appreciate the grinders, not just the stars. The consistent, not just the flashy.
Who on your team deserves more recognition than they get?
#Thanksgiving #TeamAppreciation
Appreciate the grinders, not just the stars. The consistent, not just the flashy.
Who on your team deserves more recognition than they get?
#Thanksgiving #TeamAppreciation
Unpopular opinion: "We're so grateful for our team" means nothing if you're not paying them fairly, promoting them appropriately, or protecting their work-life balance.
Gratitude without action is just words.
How do you SHOW appreciation, not just say it?
Gratitude without action is just words.
How do you SHOW appreciation, not just say it?
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Unpopular opinion: "We're so grateful for our team" means nothing if you're not paying them fairly, promoting them appropriately, or protecting their work-life balance.
Gratitude without action is just words.
How do you SHOW appreciation, not just say it?
Gratitude without action is just words.
How do you SHOW appreciation, not just say it?
The week before Thanksgiving reveals which teams are actually teams and which are just groups of people who sit near each other.
Real teams cover for each other. Groups of coworkers just count down to vacation.
Which do you have?
Real teams cover for each other. Groups of coworkers just count down to vacation.
Which do you have?
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The week before Thanksgiving reveals which teams are actually teams and which are just groups of people who sit near each other.
Real teams cover for each other. Groups of coworkers just count down to vacation.
Which do you have?
Real teams cover for each other. Groups of coworkers just count down to vacation.
Which do you have?
November reality check: Your team is being asked to close out the year strong while also planning next year, covering for holiday absences, and dealing with family obligations.
Something's gotta give. Make sure it's not their mental health.
What are you willing to let slide?
Something's gotta give. Make sure it's not their mental health.
What are you willing to let slide?
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
November reality check: Your team is being asked to close out the year strong while also planning next year, covering for holiday absences, and dealing with family obligations.
Something's gotta give. Make sure it's not their mental health.
What are you willing to let slide?
Something's gotta give. Make sure it's not their mental health.
What are you willing to let slide?