Everything Dr. Carla Fowler said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Dr. Carla Fowler: Managing purely through strategic planning alienates action-oriented team members
“If you thought everyone was the same and you were like going after them from a strategic angle that you would lose half your people and they wouldn't feel like they were getting traction. They'd feel unmotivated and you'd probably be frustrated as a leader or …”
Fowler: I coach 50 to 60 leaders simultaneously
“But then separately I'm coaching 50 to 60 leaders at a time.”
Fowler: Solving every issue immediately is poor strategic time management
“But if you take action on everything immediately, it's actually generally not the best strategic use of your time. And so the game sometimes is to say, how do we like thank people when they are communicating with us? Because again, some of the most important p…”
Fowler: Hero-minded leaders signal to teams that they are incapable
“Well, in some ways, I mean, you could imagine if, you know, the leader thinks they're Spider-Man or, you know, is like the hero or the person who needs to save the team. I always like to flip things and say, well, what does that then mean about the team? Like,…”
Fowler: Delegated work is almost never done identically by team members
“Knowing that as they let it go, the other person may not do it exactly how they will do it. In fact, almost certainly they will not do it exactly. But part of what we look at is to say, well, is it important that they do it exactly how you would do it? And wha…”
Fowler: Cost-benefit framing makes leaders more open to self-assessment
“When we can start to just really talk about it much more in terms of like costs and benefits as opposed to right and wrong. And I think when we can move that conversation, it just really frees people up to be more open to consider change and even to self asses…”
Fowler: Stopping a Habit Often Proves It Had Zero Impact
“The opposite of something or let's say, sorry, the not doing of something doesn't actually guarantee the opposite of something happening. Right. And that's, what's really interesting is that sometimes we can stop doing something and we realize like, oh, there …”
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