“Everything is obvious, but I never thought of it that way,” said one reader of Andy Ellis’ book, “1% Leadership,” which is a collection of all the small things you should do as a leader, but many don’t do. Andy’s argument is successful leadership is a collection of small actions. In this video, Andy and I talk about his book, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and we talked about how to avoid excluding coworkers who “don’t want to talk about the game last night.” My other favorite tip of Andy’s is “Make the smallest and most defensible argument necessary to spur action.” Which means don’t try to keep making your argument. “As soon as you convince someone to do something, shut your mouth,” said Ellis.
Watch the video and please pick up Andy’s book. You can get it here on Amazon.
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