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Work With Your Best Friends
For many of the busy professionals I work with, it’s easy to fall into the trap of transactional leadership. We focus on the work that needs to be done—the performance reviews to be written this week, the decisions that need to be made in this meeting, or the deadlines that must be hit to meet our quarterly goals. The days are split into 30 or 60 minute meeting chunks, leaving little space for connection in between all the tasks that must be done.
One secret to mitigating this transactional leadership is to work with your best friends. You may not always have this luxury. And there’s also several possibilities to start exploring. You could work on side projects with your friends. If you’re starting a company, make sure that you like your co-founders and are friends with them. If you’re currently working, consider who among your coworkers you‘d like to be better friends with.
Lead for Connection
Many solopreneurs I connect with, especially those that used to work with large teams, talk about the loneliness of not having coworkers. That completely resonates for me. I mostly work alone supporting clients one-on-one as well as speaking, teaching, and writing. How I choose connection is by teaching workshops and retreats with people I love.
