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Why Your One-on-Ones Need More “Kitchen Moments” Today

Why Your One-on-Ones Need More “Kitchen Moments” Today

Most one-on-ones turn into status reports. The deeper work happens when you create space for people to talk about life, not just work.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
CommunicationCommunication
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Why You Keep Playing the Hero Instead of Building Leaders

Why You Keep Playing the Hero Instead of Building Leaders

Stepping in to fix problems feels helpful in the moment, but it trains your team to wait for you instead of building their own judgment.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Adversity Reveals How You Have Really Been Leading All Along

Adversity Reveals How You Have Really Been Leading All Along

Instead of asking how to fix things fast, ask what a hard season reveals about your systems, your expectations, and how you have been leading.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Why You Should Stop Turning 1:1s into Weekly Status Meetings

Why You Should Stop Turning 1:1s into Weekly Status Meetings

If your 1:1s are status updates, you are spending leader time collecting data instead of building judgment, alignment, and real ownership.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Most Performance Problems Are Expectation Problems

Most Performance Problems Are Expectation Problems

If your team keeps missing the mark, the issue may not be effort or talent. It may be that no one has clearly named what “good” actually looks like.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Are You Building Thinkers Or Dependence?

Are You Building Thinkers Or Dependence?

When every problem lands on your desk, the issue is not just volume. It is whether your managers are being trained to think for themselves or to keep waiting for your answer.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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When a Better Question Does More Than a Better Plan

When a Better Question Does More Than a Better Plan

Leadership isn’t about having the right answers. It’s about the questions that bring you back to clarity and help others feel safe stepping into the work.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Leaders Don’t Need More Data, They Need Decisions

Leaders Don’t Need More Data, They Need Decisions

If everything is being measured but little is changing, the problem isn’t your metrics. It’s the clarity around what happens next.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Why Rest Is a Leadership Responsibility

Why Rest Is a Leadership Responsibility

Leadership demands motion most of the year. Today offers a reminder that stepping back to rest is part of the work, not time away from it.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Is Leadership Supposed to Make You Happy?

Is Leadership Supposed to Make You Happy?

A recent conversation with Natasha Sodhi made me rethink how leaders experience happiness and how much our mindset shapes the way we carry the work.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Leadership for What? Finding Clarity Beyond the Title

Leadership for What? Finding Clarity Beyond the Title

When leadership shifts from chasing titles to mobilizing people around meaningful work, everything changes... for you, your team, and the impact you create.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas
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Drag the Table: Leading When the Setup Is Wrong

Drag the Table: Leading When the Setup Is Wrong

Why strong leaders challenge what isn’t working, create better conditions for their teams, and model the courage to fix what everyone else tolerates.

Joe Wyrwas
Joe Wyrwas