Episode #501
Episode 501 - Effective with Melissa Swift
'It's just this kind of ordinary zone of getting done the things you need to get done and making sure your work has the impact it's supposed to have.' There's a lot of talk about high performance in leadership literature. But perhaps a more realistic goal, and the one with the potential to transform an organization root to branch, is effectiveness, argues Melissa Swift. Her new book Effective: How to do great work in a fast-changing world, explores what it really means to be effective at work - not crushing it, not hustling, just consistently doing the right work well in a world where nobody is ever really 'done'. In this conversation, she talks about why we need to become our own personal organizational consultants: stepping back from the inundation of work to understand what our job actually is, where the friction points are, and what boundaries we need to keep doing good work sustainably. She also talks about the craft of writing business books, including what business book writers can learn from journalists and how to get the balance right between informing and entertaining. A thoughtful, practical conversation about work, writing, resources and realistic goals.
