My greatest professional accomplishment of the year: I got my exec & manager teammates saying "point positive," a term from whitewater rafting and kayaking.
Meaning: when facing hazards, point people toward where to go/what to do, rather than drawing attention to everything to avoid.
People just naturally start to go toward where you draw their attention, whether they want to or not. 🤷🏻
Might as well pick something good to point at.
This lesson has many applications right now.
@eanakashima Had a CEO once who announced new things by talking about all the ills of whatever necessitated the new thing, then added a "oh, by the way, this is the new thing we will do" - I ended up tuning out whenever he was talking, until he started to sound like he were starting to wind down.
It's an atrocious communication style.
Emily Nakashima
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