The impact of a coach or mentor?
I was listening to the replay of the Spurs/Grizzlies game this morning while I was giving my daughter her bottle. I heard this exchange between Mike Breen and Hubie Brown about Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins:
A big influence on Lionel Hollins… he says that Ramsey helped him prepare to coach while [Lionel] was playing. Jack Ramsey gave him freedom to make decisions on the court and grow as a player… he said he was like a parent and Jack Ramsey was like a role model for any walk of life… the unbelievable impact that Jack Ramsey had on Lionel Hollins.
When I look at my team and people I deal with inside my organization, I can only hope that they will one day speak of me in the same glowing terms.
Will employment growth save the office market?
NREI posted an article referencing the fact that employment is a leading indicator for office market health. While I think continued employment growth will help reduce office vacancies, there may be some decoupling between these two data points.
If my clients are any indication, there is a significant trend towards doing more with less. Private offices are getting smaller if they haven’t been elimimated all together. Employers are also encouraging telecommuting and office sharing for employees that aren’t in the office full-time.
I think pinning hope on an improving labor market is a formula for failure.
The question becomes whether landlords with existing and aging stock will think creatively about how to redeploy vacant office space. Will it continue to sit vacant and act as a drag on the market, will they retrofit it for am adaptive reuse, or will they demolish it and build something different?
Posted from my mobile device…
Here are the links referenced above:
http://m.nreionline.com/distress/running-stand-still-office-sector-sees-marginal-improvements
Awesome! I love when people come right out and ask for the business.
Don’t guess
I’ve had two separate instances this week where somebody said to me, “If I had to guess…”
This speculation didn’t contribute to the dialogue nor did it provide a breakthrough in strategic direction.
If you don’t know the answer (especially if a question that wasn’t even asked) don’t take a guess.
Take a step back, develop a plan, and then go execute.
There’s nothing wrong with silence.
The purpose is to offer something so compelling that it begins a conversation, brings the other person in as a participant, and eventually arrives at an outcome that appeals to both of you.
Daniel Pink’s “To Sell Is Human”
I love these spring morning workouts. The air is crisp, the grass is green, and everything smells like optimism.
I was listening to the Fresh Air interview with Marc Maron. Regarding his relationship with Louis C.K., Maron said, “The one thing I learned from that is a lot of times, because of the immediacy of the culture we live in, when you put a text out there or you shoot an email, it’s like if you don’t hear back from somebody in a day, you’re like, well, that’s it, what happened there, why isn’t he? …And now that I’m a little busier, it took this to realize that things fall through the cracks. It’s hard to keep up with everything coming at you.”
I look around at my desk and realize that I spend my entire day looking for immediate gratification from my various connected devices. And I get frustrated when I don’t hear back right away.
The bikes outside the Runcible Spoon in Nyack… I love seeing all the cyclists sitting inside the cafe eating all the calories they’ve just burned on their ride. It’s like a fashion show on two wheels.
