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23 results (expanded search) for "principle"
Leadership
Greenleaf's 10 Principles of Servant Leadership
Self-rate on Robert Greenleaf's 10 classic principles. Where's the gap between what you say and what you do?
Professional
Pyramid Principle
Start with conclusion, then 3 arguments, then details per argument — top-down.
Leadership
Moonshot Framing: 10x Not 10%
Instead of "How to improve 10%?", ask "How to achieve 10x?" to force the team to think from first principles.
Leadership
Ethical Decision-Making Under Commercial Pressure
When an urgent profit target conflicts with an ethical principle, write both sides explicitly on one page before deciding — don't let it be settled only in your head.
Professional
2-Way vs 1-Way Door
Classify decision: reversible (2-way door) or not (1-way)? Required speed differs.
Professional
Disagree and Commit
If you disagree and weren't convinced, state disagreement, then commit to execution as if it were yours.
Professional
Interest-Based Reframe
Don't cling to position — find interest beneath. Flexibility without yielding.
Professional
80/20 Demand Prioritization
Of 10 demands, 2 deserve 80% of your power. Focus there.
Professional
Authentic Scarcity
Don't lie — state real scarcity in your time or offer.
Administrative
Inverted Pyramid (Minto)
Lead with conclusion first, then supporting arguments, then details — never the reverse.
Administrative
Task Audit Then Automate
Don't automate before knowing what's worth it — log a week, analyze, then act.
Leadership
Reversible vs Irreversible Doors
Distinguish decisions you can reverse cheaply from those you can't — then treat them differently.
Leadership
Team Celebration Design (Not Just Problem-Solving)
Design a deliberate celebration after a real achievement, with the same effort you invest in problem-solving meetings — celebration is a leadership skill to practice.
Leadership
Holding Steady Under Stakeholder Pressure
When stakeholders pressure you to abandon a necessary change because it's "uncomfortable", distinguish pressure that warrants stopping from pressure that's just expected resistance to change.
Parenting
Digital Boundaries for Teens
Don't "monitor" your teen, "covenant" with him on a digital protocol. The difference is everything.
Digital & AI
Copyright-Aware Prompting
Don't ask AI "write in author X's style". That = using their commercial style sans permission.
Administrative
Upward Stakeholder Management
Your boss has little time, many concerns — use 4 principles to be a smart stakeholder.
Parenting
Name It to Tame It
Apply Siegel's principle: naming feeling activates the prefrontal cortex and calms the amygdala.
Parenting
Time-In Instead of Time-Out
Instead of isolating a dysregulated child, draw closer — Daniel Siegel's principle.
Psychological
Self Bilateral Stimulation
Tap thighs alternately (right, left) 30 sec — soothes small trauma.
Parenting
Whole-Brain Integration — Right and Left Together
Connect your child's feeling (right hemisphere) with logic (left hemisphere) in one sentence — never one without the other.
Parenting
Feeding Without Battles — Division of Responsibility
Satter's Division of Responsibility: you decide what/when/where, he decides how much and whether to eat.
Parenting
The YouTube Algorithm Awareness Conversation
Explain to your child the next video isn't chance — an algorithm designed to keep him longer, not to serve him.